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Key Pedestrian Crossings • All intersections allow for some measure of comfortable pedestrian crossing, but several are key to pedestrian movement. Pedestrian • movement patterns anticipated by the plan suggests that crossings are most likely and needed at: • Seventh Street and Pine Street • Fourth and Pine Street • Broadway and Pine Street • River Street and Pine Street • Walnut Street and Broadway • Walnut Street and River Street • In addition to highlighting these intersections for pedestrian crossings, the intersections of Fourth Street/Pine Street and Walnut Street/Broadway should be signalized to facilitate pedestrian (and vehicle) movements across Pine Street. Vehicle-oriented Streets • Certain streets — Pine Street and Broadway (to some extent) — will always be dominated by vehicles. In doing so, however, they do not need to neglect the pedestrian. The improvements for Pine Street and Broadway (outside of downtown) should concentrate on the addition of elements that reflect the qualities and character of a small town. Elements like pedestrian-scale street lights consistent street trees have the added benefits of "calming" traffic; and by introducing elements • near the roadway, the perception of the space is diminished and people tend to drive more slowly. Pedestrian-oriented Streets • Some of downtown's streets should be oriented to pedestrians while still accommodating vehicles. Walnut Street, River Street and Broadway are the three most important pedestrian streets envisioned by the plan; they should be developed with features that related most strongly to people on the sidewalk. These streets should have build- ings that reach to the sidewalk(zero setback from the property bound- ary at the front of the site), windows across a majority of the street level facade, signs that can be read by pedestrians, awnings over store- fronts, pedestrian-scale streetlights, and plantings to create interest at points not dominated by buildings. • Cars are still a necessary part of a pedestrian-oriented street. On-street parking — at the front doors of buildings on Walnut Street, River Street and Broadway — should be utilized to create more life on the street and to make the prospect of doing business in downtown Monticello more convenient for customers of downtown businesses. People might still move between destinations in their cars, but if the street is designed with the needs of pedestrians in mind, they will just as likely walk from one store to the next. • ''; A New Bridge Revtta@ring Monticello's Downtown and Rtverfront Page 3:19