Improving Walkability in Lawrence, MA: The Start!
Mariko Davidson will spend IAP collaborating with non-profits Groundwork Lawrence and WalkBoston on pedestrian safety issues and increasing walkability in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The project will highlight safe pedestrian routes and propose design solutions to connect people from central Lawrence to the new Spicket River Greenway path system. This proposal will be submitted to the Mayor¹s [...]
Leaving Los Angeles
BLOGGING FROM BOSTON Jaymes Dunsmore G, was in Los Angeles working with their Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. After a little over two months in Los Angeles, my work was complete, or [...]
What does ‘buy local’ mean to the people of Hawai’i?
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD July 28, 2011 MIT undergrad and Public Service Intern Cydnie Trice is developing a marketing plan for the Hawai’i Alliance for a Local Economy this summer. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been surveying at local grocery stores and farmers markets around the island. We designed a survey for consumers aimed [...]
Instant TODs- Just Add Transit
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD July 12, 2011 Graduate student and Public Service Fellow Jaymes Dunsmore is working for the City of Los Angeles Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. In many cities, creating [...]
The past and future of transportation in LA
BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD Jaymes Dunsmore G, is in Los Angeles working with their Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. Los Angeles is often said to have a love [...]
A sustainable agricultural village in Hawaii
Public Service Intern Anne Emig (G, Course 4) worked in North Kohala, HI on North Kohala’s Sustainable Agricultural Village. Working with the Kohala Center, an independent non-profit research institute, the project focused on examining Hawai’i’s existing land use zoning in an attempt to identify the current impediments to developing clustered agricultural villages in existing agricultural [...]
