Pattern 34
Interchange
Context Web of Public Transportation16 · Local Transport Areas11
Problem
Transfer points between modes of transport are often planned as purely functional throughways with no quality of their own to linger in. People experience them as cold and bleak, even though they often have to wait and stay there a while.
Solution
Design transfer points as dense, lively little places where transport lines, footpaths, and small shops interlock closely, turning the act of changing transport into something human rather than desolate.
Usage Scattered Work9 · Housing Hill39 · Old People Everywhere40 · Work Community41 · Activity Nodes30 · Arcades119 · Bus Stop92 · Mini-Buses20