Cultural Trail Considered for National Guidelines
January 19, 2009 -- Brad Ball, a landscape architect and planner with Toole Design Group (TDG), LLC in Washington, DC, visited the Cultural Trail December 23, 2008, and spoke with lead designer Kevin Osburn of Rundell Ernstberger Associates and trail project manager Mark Zwoyer of RW Armstrong. This visit was part of TDG's ongoing research and analysis of bicycle and pedestrian facilities and policy for the 2009 edition of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Design Guidelines for Bicycle Facilities and the new edition of its complimentary publication for Pedestrian Facilities.
This is quite an honor. All designers, architects and engineers must follow the lengthy list of AASHTO Design Guidelines for building public works projects. Just imagine how it must feel to have the people who write the guidelines ask to use YOUR project as a case study for all of your colleagues to follow and reference all across the country!
It's not confirmed that the Indianapolis Cultural Trail will make the final print guidelines, but Brad was pretty impressed: "I learned a lot from the work you have done, and I'm excited to see the progress over the next few years!"
Kudos to our fabulous team who continues to knock this project out of the park on so many levels.
(See photo from left: Brad, Kevin and Mark review Cultural Trail plans.)
