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Parkland Hospital
Parkland Hospital Garage Baylor University Medical Center UT Southwestern Medical Center Forest Park Medical Center Medical City Dallas |
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
Healthcare / Dallas, Texas The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, located in Dallas, Texas, is one of the world’s top research facilities in the bio-medical science field. DeShazo Group has been the traffic consultant for the university for many years and developed the functional parking garage designs for five buildings built on its North Campus. The firm evaluated the campus' master plan; evaluating both the existing and future transportation system, circulation patterns, approach routes/ entrances/exits, emergency service needs, conflict areas, and origin/destination patterns. Existing and future parking capacity and needs were critical considerations for the master plan. Alternatives for connecting the existing Main Campus with the North Campus were analyzed in an effort to facilitate the flow of students, faculty, and visitors within the campus and maintain a continuity that would give the illusion of a single, large campus. A busway system with a standby walkway was both recommended and designed by the firm. This "campus connector" would best address travel time, cost, accommodation of wheelchairs and carts, safety, and capacity. |