Unveiled at an event held last week at the University of Pittsburgh, "Oakland 2025: A vision for sustainable living and mobility" is the culmination of a process that involved a laundry list of institutional, community, and governmental partners.
Home to historic districts, universities, health care facilities, and cultural venues, Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood is truly ‘a city within a city'; which made developing a long-term comprehensive plan with the participation of a diverse set of partners all the more difficult.
"It's a monster," said Wanda Wilson, executive director of the Oakland
Planning and Development Corp. "I think the thing that's going to help
[with implementation] is that we have these partnerships in place -- not
that it's going to be a piece of cake."
According to Diana Nelson Jones, "[p]riorities include an Oakland bus loop; better pedestrian navigation and
bicycle infrastructure; hillside restoration and other greening
efforts; more attractive gateways into Oakland; the return of the
Oakland Code Enforcement Task Force -- a resident-based network renamed
Oakwatch -- and better town-and-gown relations with outreach and
reclamation of student rentals in residential neighborhoods."
"Unlike most neighborhood-specific plans, Oakland's is likely to have
regional implications, especially as transportation goals are
implemented," says Jones.
"Obviously, as the third-largest employment center in the state, with
cultural institutions that serve the region, Oakland has to plan with
that in mind," said Jonathan Kline, co-principal at Studio for Spatial Practice. "At the same time, he said, there is a
certain parochial feel to each of Oakland's neighborhoods."
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