Experience
Posted on February 28, 2010 by Kate
Recently, as a field work project for class, the students of the MUD program conducted a pedestrian, bike, and bus ridership study along three major intersections along East Washington. I was placed at Rural Street, in which we stood and counted and observed the non-vehicular traffic happenings for two hours. To my surprise there were [...]
_Growth_Identity
Posted on February 28, 2010 by Sherri Agnew
Seventy-five percent of European populations currently live in urban areas. Fifty-percent of Americans currently live in urban areas. With growing populations, cities have begun to expand and converge creating multi-city cities called conurbations. With the growth and convergence of cities there will be an ever-increasing need for cities to maintain their cultural identity in order [...]
Posted on February 28, 2010 by jmshipe
Do YOU Think the Automobile is Equal Access for All? It has been said to me, “Why do we need mass transit basically everyone has a car now.” This may seem true to many people, but I do not think this is as true as many people believe. People are forced to go out into [...]
Finishing …
Posted on February 28, 2010 by kylemiller
Finishing… If you were to close your eyes and have someone read to you the following blurb …“8 miles of dedicated/protected pedestrian and biking paths located downtown,” where would you think this is located? For outsiders, I think, Indianapolis, Indiana would not be at the top of the list. It might be the bottom rungs [...]
maybe they do care?
Posted on February 28, 2010 by erin
In my previous blog, I briefly mentioned a downtown revitalization plan that I’m helping with at work, and how several people, even before the planning process started, expressed negative feelings towards planning and the idea of doing anything with their downtown. Since then, we’ve held the first Community Visioning Workshop. About two weeks before the [...]
Neighborhood Idenity & Branding
Posted on February 28, 2010 by mnfish
For February’s post I’ll be focusing on branding and identity as they relate to a neighborhood or district. Specifically I’ll explain what branding is, how something can be branded, the benefits neighborhoods and districts receive from branding and finally experience I’ve had in the past couple of years branding projects. WHAT IS BRANDING? Branding simply [...]
Engaging Open Spaces with Public Transit Within the East Washington Street Corridor
Posted on February 28, 2010 by Chase Pratt
This semester in the MUD program, our class has delved deeper into understanding the potential for open space creation and multi-modal transportation opportunities within the East Washington Street corridor. This has recently allowed myself to rethink the role of open space within an urban context, as technology and environment continue to change. This begs the [...]
Complete Systems Theory: Smart Grid Technology
Posted on February 22, 2010 by akowalski1502
A major emerging factor within urban design is that in order to promote optimal community, we must take a look at our infrastructure and utilize new technologies to make our systems more efficient. With the recent Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in mind, this theory can be taken further and examined on a global scale as [...]
Measuring.
Posted on February 3, 2010 by kylemiller
Good Morning World. This is my blog. Have you ever walked an urban street? Have you ever walked a suburban street? What about the in between? I am going to assume that most of us have done atleast two thirds of these. Have you ever been so enthralled with the street and its components that [...]
Futurama
Posted on February 2, 2010 by Chase Pratt
Greetings fellow bloggers, my name is Chase Pratt. I am a graduate student at Ball State University pursuing a Masters in Urban Design. I would like to begin by conveying how exciting it is to be a part of the first class to come through the Urban Design program at Ball State. The field of [...]
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