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D, Focus continued transportation and streetscape improvements for the entire right-of- <br /> way area, from building face to building face, to improve accessibility and reduce <br /> reliance on automobile travel. <br /> <br />E. Continue to improve existing pedestrian, bicycle and automobile connections to <br /> public riverfront areas. <br /> <br />F. Consider a fixed rail transit or trolley system within downtown. <br /> <br />G. Identify primary "gateway" entrances to downtown and take necessary steps to <br /> enhance the sense of entry, with particular attention to maintaining significant views. <br /> <br />H. Create a visual directory for downtown to assist visitors and citizens in finding their <br /> destinations. <br /> <br />I. Continue to improve and simplify parking lot directory signs, cost information and <br /> methods of payment. <br /> <br /> Projects <br /> <br /> Examples of possible projects that address the implementation strategies: <br /> <br />· Create a grade-level pedestrian crossing at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Mill <br /> Street. <br /> <br /> · Convert 10th Avenue to a two-way street. <br /> <br />· Conduct a "walkability" assessment to determine needed pedestrian improvements in <br /> downtown. <br /> <br />· Construct a bicycle path along the new 6th Avenue extension between Franklin <br /> Boulevard and Hilyard Street and 6th Avenue and High Street. <br /> <br /> · Provide a prominent entrance to downtown from East Broadway near Mill Street. <br /> <br />· Construct a new parking garage to support the east side of downtown and the new <br /> Courthouse district. <br /> <br /> 41 <br /> <br /> <br />