Last week, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan brought in Ian Lockwood, a traffic engineer from Glatting Jackson. Ian was here to lead a multi-disciplinary team of experts to look at how we can improve the built environment on Detroit’s lower eastside.
One of the biggest benefits of these sessions is Ian provides the terminology and solutions to familiar urban design issues, e.g. super blocks, a city’s bone structure, etc. He also emphasizes that cities exist to promote exchange. That increasing transportation speeds limits exchange. And when making decisions, we need to err on the side of place.
So, if you missed these sessions, you’re in luck because Ian has a video from an earlier presentation on-line (see below.)
He also has a PDF document that covers many of the same topics covered last week. It’s called Transportation Prescription for Healthy Cities.