Friday, April 27, 2018

Changing Modes: & Master Plans?



Can we agree that dominant modes of transportation have had over history and prehistory a profound impact on land-use and the the form of our "villages"? 

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How do we update our cities' master plans when battling for our hearts and souls are: electric cars, and bicycles, and scooters and wheel chairs, self-driving automobiles; 'conventional' cars, ordinary bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, skateboards; light-rail, heavy rail, buses, taxis; and the old-one, walking; and how about gawking and writing, and smart phone talking? Each of these (if dominant) will have a profound affect on urban and rural form. Each can provide profound opportunities (if made prominent) to sculpt our landscapes and cityscapes. The battle is on, but nobody knows who nor who-all will win--should win. .
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Again, how do we update our master plans? Should we? Should we wait and, thus, ignore the opportunities?

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