At the Intersection of Sustainable Theory and Practice, a Seminar: Architecture 407/507
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/11188
2024-03-29T14:39:17ZCyclism & Sustainable Urban Design Strategies to Increase Bicycle Ridership
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Cyclism & Sustainable Urban Design Strategies to Increase Bicycle Ridership
Wilson, Richard H.
Cyclism as an ideology should be taken into serious consideration by every resident of
Earth. Questioning current beliefs concerning urban planning will help educate human kind and
biofuel the Sustainable Revolution. This research paper provides reasoning for why bicycles
should be treated as the new means of primary transportation. On average bikes are two times more
efficient than other primary means of travel, compared to bus, car, and walking. Bikes require
substantially less space than the Single Occupancy Vehicle, or SOV (which this report will
generally use as an opposing factor). The primary issue for increasing ridership is that a large
percentage of the human population may be interested in biking, but concerned due to safety.
Rightly so. In the United States riding a bike in the urban setting in not yet supported by current
social culture. This social culture may only be altered by educating people, providing the
infrastructure for bikes, and encouraging ridership as a primary goal aimed at a sustainable future.
Some successful ways of increasing safe riding in the urban setting are repainting the streets for
bike lanes, permanent infrastructure improvements, or implementing the most revolutionary urban
retrofit the Multimodal Tri-Split (MTS). The MTS involves cutting dedicated motor vehicle streets
to 1/3 existing conditions, and converting the other 2/3 into dedicated cycle and transit routes. This
may only happen in conjunction with another currently socially unacceptable idea, urban
densification. Altering cultural believes about SOVs will be a major hurtle. This research will be
intended to convert all non-followers of the bi-cycled machine to Cyclism.
28 pages
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"A Setting in Search of a City": A Research Project
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"A Setting in Search of a City": A Research Project
Shanks, Nicholas
Modern day Vancouver is perhaps one of the finest cities of today not only for its beautiful natural
setting but because of its progressive planning efforts that have taken place over the past 50 years. The
following research paper will discuss the history of the city, the evolution of its planning efforts, and
conclude with some of its exemplary waterfront development projects.
35 pages
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZBogotá: An analysis of urban design, transportation, and accessibility in a developing, sustainable city
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Bogotá: An analysis of urban design, transportation, and accessibility in a developing, sustainable city
Prassas, Alina Grace
Bogotá is a complex city, one that has evolved for hundreds of years, and has always been framed by the ebb and flow of large amounts of people. In this case study, I hope to evaluate modern urban design plans through the context of social equality. Enrique Peñalosa, a former mayor of Bogotá, frames the problem third world countries have eloquently “If we in the Third World measure our success or failure as a society in terms of income, we would have to classify ourselves as losers until the end of time,” declares Peñalosa. “So with our limited resources, we have to invent other ways to measure success. This might mean that all kids have access to sports facilities, libraries, parks, schools, nurseries.” For decades Colombia has been plagued by violence brought on by the drug trade and its gangs. Bogotá was perhaps the first city in Bogotá to try and curb the violence through urban upgrades, and was very influential throughout the entire country. Through examination of the history of Bogotá, its land use patterns, transit approaches, affordable housing projects, public parks, and libraries, a thorough picture of the city’s urban design will be painted.
25 pages
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZBarcelona, The New Districts: 1992 Olympics, 2004 Forum of Cultures, & 22@ BCN
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Barcelona, The New Districts: 1992 Olympics, 2004 Forum of Cultures, & 22@ BCN
Pairolero, Jenna
Barcelona is one of the major metropolitan centres in Europe. It is located in the Northern region of Spain known as the autonomous community of Catalonia. The city of Barcelona
is situated adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea between the Llobregat and Besos rivers. Its
location exemplifies its economic dominance and global acknowledgement. Barcelona’s
population is one of the highest in Spain at 1.6 million, just behind Madrid with a population
at 3.2 million. It is one of the densest cities in Europe with an average density of 15,926
inhabitants per square kilometer. Barcelona’s high density and growing population demands
economic and political dominance in Spain.
Because of its density and global recognition, Barcelona has presented many opportunities
for metropolitan urban design projects. In Barcelona’s recent history, post Franco, the city has
established numerous urban design efforts to generate city identity and acknowledgement.
Beginning with the Olympic games in 1992, Barcelona was able to establish itself at the
global scale and the 2004 Forum of Cultures enhanced that recognition. Today, Barcelona
continues to look towards the future to create dynamic urban centres, such as the 22@ BCN
district and the Diagonal Mar development. Throughout this paper, I will discuss Barcelona’s
urban transformations in the past forty years and how they positively and negatively altered
the city’s urban dynamic.
34 pages
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z