Location
Asheville, NC
Client
City of Asheville, NC
Services
Transportation Planning
Traffic Analysis
Urban Design
Trail/Greenway Planning
Stakeholder Engagement
Asheville I-26 Connector Support
Sam Schwartz provided technical support, analysis, and design mediation services to the City of Asheville to align the I-26 Connector project with the City’s goal of a vibrant, walkable downtown with new multi-modal connections to the fast-growing neighborhoods of West Asheville.
The I-26 Connector is a long-planned project to fully connect Interstate 26 around the edge of Downtown Asheville, taking interstate trips off of local roads and creating possibilities for infill redevelopment, redesign of major thoroughfares as walkable complete streets, and an integrated network of trails connecting bicyclists to Downtown, the French Broad riverfront, and residential neighborhoods beyond. In close coordination with the North Carolina DOT, Sam Schwartz facilitated dialogue between project stakeholders and proposing changes to the design of the highway ramps and adjacent streets.