Bridgeport – Plan and Process

Downtown Bridgeport Master Plan

Design guidelines and reduced parking requirements spur revitalization in Connecticut’s largest city.

This urban design plan for Downtown Bridgeport includes analysis of pedestrian experience, urban design corridor framework diagrams, detailed massing and design guidelines for strategic sites and redevelopment areas. Design guidelines are incorporated into the major zoning revision for downtown.

with RPA

Bridgeport downtown design guidelines

Urban design framework for Bridgeport: link downtown to the waterfront and neighborhoods to the east.
Detail illustrative plan of strategic sites and corridors.
Sample character design guidelines.
Sample form-based design guideline (digital overlay over model used for the design studies and for public working sessions).
Design guidelines and reduced parking requirements has jumpstarted infill development throughout downtown.
Design guidelines and reduced parking requirements has jumpstarted infill development throughout downtown.