The 16th Street Mall is a pedestrian mall and transit in Denver, Colorado. Mall, 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) long, runs along 16th Street in downtown Denver, from Wewatta Street (at Union Station) to the intersection of 16th Avenue and Broadway (at the Civic Center Station). It is home to over 300 locally owned stores/chains, over 50 restaurants, and Denver Pavilions.
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History
The 16th Street Mall opened in 1982, coming from Market Street to Broadway, and designed by Pei Cobb Freed & amp; Partner, with Henry N. Cobb as design partner, works with architectural and landscape architectural design firm OLIN.
This mall was extended from Market Street to Wynkoop Street in 2001 and to Union Station in 2002 to coincide with the completion of the Central Platte Valley (CPV) light rail line. Before 1982, 16th Street was still a shopping and business destination that was home to four major department stores and many office buildings.
Currently, the 16th Street Mall serves as the nexus for major business centers as well as nearby attractions.
Street doing
Traditionally, street performances have been very popular in malls, with many local people, country, and vocal musicians gaining recognition in pop culture. Other types of players, such as dancers, actors, impressionists, and comedians have also used popular locations as the main venue for discovery.
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FreeMallRide
The free shuttle bus service, operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), is known as Free MallRide .
From 1982 to 1999, MallRide's fleet used front-wheel-drives and special drive buses specially designed and built specifically. The right drive gives the operator a better view of the passengers entering and exiting the bus from the right side and watching the pedestrians. These buses can travel up to 25 mph (40 km/h) on the road and have to deal with pedestrians who 'wander' on the sidewalks that are too close to the bus.
When the original fleet was getting old, Neoplan built a single-left prototype bus with a video camera as a potential replacement. All MallRide operators refuse to accept the left-hand-drive bus, citing more comfort and security with a right-hand-drive configuration.
RTD returns to the drawing board and starts a new bidding process. Many bus manufacturers or heavy vehicles resist precise RTD specifications due to the low number of buses to be produced and "unproven" hybrid technology (especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Only Neoplan and startup company, Columbine Bus, submitted a proposal. Columbine Bus is formed by two engineers with an electric vehicle background. Although Columbine Bus won a $ 11.7M contract they were unable to secure the funds needed to go into production. In those years, the investment community saw no future in electric or hybrid-electric vehicle technology. Columbine Bus was immediately acquired by TransTeq, to ​​build a hybrid-electric MallRide bus. RTD works very closely with TransTeq with almost daily visits to nearby manufacturing facilities.
The second-generation MallRide bus is called EcoMark and uses a 1.6 liter compressed, 70-hp (52-kW) 1.6 liter compressed natural gas engine that drives generators on demand. The generator in turn provides electric power to two electric motors. The batteries are recharged by both regenerative brake power and generators on demand. The MallRide EcoMark bus has additional doors and more standing space than the first generation MallRide bus. Operators continue to drive on the right side as they did in the first generation.
In August 2015, the RTD approved a contract of up to $ 27.1 million to purchase a fleet of 36 electric buses from BYD. At the end of August 2016, the new BYD bus was first introduced at a media event in the morning, and to the public in the future, with a transition to the new fleet of electric buses expected in the coming weeks.
MallRide stops at every intersection between Union Station and the intersection of 16th Avenue/Broadway, with two stations - Union Station (on 17th Street and Wynkoop Street) and Civic Center (on 16th Street and Broadway) - provides key connections to other RTD buses. Market Street Station closed in May 2014, with the opening of Union Station Transit Center.
In addition, MallRide provides connection to light rails. Connections to Line C, Line E, Line B, Line W, and Line A are at Union Station. Connections to D Line, F Line, Line H, and L Line are located at 16th/California & amp; Station 16th/Stout.
As part of the opening of the Union Station Transit Center in May 2014, RTD introduces a rush hour Metro Ride service with limited stops between Union Station and Civic Center Station. Other transport alternatives to MallRide at 16th Street Mall include Pedicab Service and horse-drawn carriage, B-Cycle bike sharing, and car sharing operations.
Impact as urban space
The Project for Public Space says from the Mall that "it provides the entire city center with a circular shuttle bus and high-quality pedestrian access to Union Station, but its success as a place should be done with the use of the waterfront, over 300 stores and 50 restaurants that line the Mall with cafà Namun  © s, featuring windows, and singers. "
In the summer of 2014, and again in 2015, Downtown Denver Partnership and Downtown Denver Business Improvement collaborated on several Meet in the Street Sunday events, rearranging the Mall Shuttle to adjacent streets and opening many malls for pedestrians and cyclists , and showcase a variety of fun activities to unite people.
See also
- District Transport District (RTD)
- Denver
References
- SAH Archipedia Building Entry
- Transitway 16th Street Mall
External links
- The Downtown Denver Partnership website at 16th Street Mall
- 16th Street Mall Plan the next 25-year mall
- Rocky Mountain News: Do not realign the city's spine, panel says, May 30, 2008
- District Transportation District web page Provides shuttle line information including frequency by time.
- [1] - 16th street mall entertaining place.
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