Publication Details

Cincinnati uses quick-build project to address an urgent safety need

Type: Paper

Subtype: Case Study

Author(s): March, Kelly; Pullen-Seufert, Nancy; Marchetti, Lauren M.

Publisher: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Url: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/2417_cincinnaticasestudy.pdf

Publication Date: 2023

Address: Chapel Hill, NC

Abstract: Around the country, cities and communities are experimenting with pop-up and quick-build projects. Using low-cost materials like paint, concrete wheel stops, and flexible posts, these projects offer community members and decision makers a chance to try temporary infrastructure improvements that can provide immediate safety improvements, give feedback, and identify what will work best for the community. The City of Cincinnati has used quick-build approaches in resourceful, innovative ways, applying quick-build tools and techniques to address an urgent safety problem threatening child pedestrians that will stay in place until implementation of a full street redesign. The project offers several insights that can inform other cities interested in implementing quick-build projects.