Location: Tacoma, WAOwner: City of Tacoma Recognizing that both D and 25th Streets were hostile environments for pedestrians, the City of Tacoma wanted to redesign them as Complete Streets. By re-configuring and narrowing vehicle lanes, Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members freed up space in the right-of-way for new bicycle facilities, wider sidewalks, buses, and a
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Location: Bothell, WAOwner: City of Bothell Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members, the City of Bothell, and the local business community undertook a design visioning process to revitalize Bothell’s Historic Downtown Main Street. OCI (as Cascade Design Collaborative) led the urban design effort by re-imagining Main Street as a pedestrian-focused festival street. The road was
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Location: Joint- Base Lewis McChord, WAOwner: US Dept. of Defense In an effort to accommodate growth and improve livability at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) for military personnel and their families, Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members worked with the project team to transform 1.5 miles of a typical four-lane roadway into a six-lane multi-way boulevard.
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Location: Woodinville, WAOwner: City of Woodinville The streetscape master plan defines the design and character of four new street typologies that will transform the existing vehicle-oriented county and city roadways into a network of Complete Streets.  As Complete Streets, they incorporate Low Impact Development (LID) strategies, are cost effective to implement, designed to prioritize people walking
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Location: Kirkland, WAOwner: City of Kirkland Although just a few blocks long, the Park Lane woonerf has transformed this area of downtown Kirkland into a lively, attractive street designed for lingering, community engagement, commerce, and art. Formerly plagued with flooding, buckled sidewalks, and collapsing trees, the rebirth of Park Lane as a pedestrian-oriented street filled with
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