SECTION 2

Movement

As a downtown resident, I see that the movement ideas will transform how residents, workers, and visitors use downtown and traverse the city. Walnut Street Transformation, with its introduction of a downtown tram, will catapult this effort. Imagine beginning your day riding your bike or walking to the coffee shop. You pop out the laptop to check some e-mails, plan your day and slide into the morning bustle. The first meeting in the morning is across the city, so you hop on the tram and ten minutes later, you are striking a great deal with a new client. After landing your next big contract, you hop back on the tram and scoot across town for your lunch appointment. Success again, what a great day so far! A stop by your condo to pick up the presentation you forgot and a chance to give those thirsty tomatoes growing on the balcony a needed drink of water. Then it’s back several blocks to the office. By now it is getting toasty outside, so you pop up into the conditioned skywalks and stride back to the office with glimpses to the gorgeous summer day beyond. After some phone calls and e-mails, you are back out to give your presentation. A five minute tram ride listening to inspiring music on your i-tunes gets you set for a successful meeting. Another deal made! To wind down, you head out on the trails for Gray’s Lake where you walk in the park and hit the playground with your young family. The office team was ready to sneak out early today, so you meet them at happy hour, then it’s off to find friends at to take in the I-Cubs. All this in a day’s work! ~Ben Washburn, President of the Downtown Neighborhood Association

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Principal Park, thehomeofIowa Cubs baseball. The dimensionofdowntown north-south isroughly measured 1.25milesas from theIowa Events Center and known destination that is worth the trip. if there are engaging distractions along the route and if there is a overlap in these radii. People will embark on this 5-10 minute walk measured in 1/4-mile increments, is not immense and there is miles north to south. The map shows that downtown, when relatively compact: 2 miles east to west and approximately 1.25 developing movement in downtown. is between downtown’s amenities, a key aspect to the potential for The graphic on the preceding page analyzes the distance downtown area and all that it offers. concentratesIt on enhancing movement to better utilize our 39 destinations in downtown Des Moines. Moines. Des downtown in destinations the between routes the along activity and interest creating and infill to turn should now focus The downtown. throughout destinations worthy created has Downtown Moines? Des downtown in Park Gateway of end western the and Capitol the between miles two the walk to people encourage would What . in works walk two-mile The route. the along all interest provides circumstance urban Chicago’s walk. the throughout shelter and shade offer landscape and Buildings mile. magnificent the along shops retail and Avenue, Michigan landscaped lushly the Michigan, Lake to glimpses River, Chicago the across bridge a Park, Millennium of part includes Bean the and Building Hancock the between walk way. The the along do and see to plenty as well as end each at destinations provides route The droves. the by foot on distance this traverse people walk, hefty a is it Though miles. (2) two Avenue’smile’ about is ‘magnificent Michigan the of end northern the Gate Kapoor’s Anish Bean’ between ‘the (artist distance the Chicago, In Moines. Des downtown throughout people moving of terms in possible be might what see and dimensions these compare can we reference, a as Chicago Using Chicago: amagnificenttwo) mile (or

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