Donald Shoup’s large body of work centers on the connected urban issues of parking, transportation, public finance and land economics. A Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA, he is perhaps best known for two books: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005), which turned an otherwise academic topic into a significant policy issue; and as the editor of Parking and the City (2018), … [Read more...] about Parking not required.
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Mobility and disaster resilience.
Many people struggle to find convenient transportation options. They may have personal mobility issues or maybe they have to travel from work late at night when buses no longer run. Or they may live far enough away from a transit stop to not be able to walk there easily. Compound that with a pandemic, such as Covid19, when social distancing becomes critical, and it’s clear how … [Read more...] about Mobility and disaster resilience.
Assemble communities.
Kris Daff is a developer with two companies. The first, Make Ventures is a more traditional development company, focused on urban infill. It’s the second that Kris is wildly passionate about, and that passion is wildly contagious. Assemble Communities, a developer and “community manager,” is offering a housing model that sets out to solve the very many problems that low … [Read more...] about Assemble communities.
Re-designing design.
Once upon a time design and architecture were quite discrete disciplines. But over the years as educational priorities have been re-defined, they have become more complex and collaborative. We’ve adopted an inter-disciplinary approach to skills and knowledge that requires creativity, innovation and the ability to solve problems. Teaching is steadily moving towards a more … [Read more...] about Re-designing design.
Co-creating.
Adam Sgrenci, a carpenter by trade with an education background in international development, founded The Center for Infrastructure and Society in 2019 with a mission to “accelerate social, economic and ecological transformation." As a startup the Center's work has evolved over the last year into an organization focused primarily on human capital. While affordable housing … [Read more...] about Co-creating.