Essays on Pedestrian

LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) rating systems such LEED-ND are designed for the certification of exemplary neighborhood development projects which show exemplary performance in relation to smart growth, green building, and new urbanism. Contextually, such development projects include whole neighborhoods, multiple neighborhoods, and even parts of neighborhoods. By reviewing the Pilot version of the LEED-ND 2007 certification document, it is evident that LEED-ND systems are designed to drive the marketplace towards acknowledging the central doctrine of green building i.e. the simple fact that our personal, economic and environment health is significantly influenced by our immediate surroundings which include the places ...

The forest pathways are a means of transitioning from a forest and park environment to a built environment. Connecting the two environments operationalizes the main concept, which is to bring life and nature into the built environment and thereby fostering an interaction within a historical building. The forest pathways, as conceptualized inside the building, will be drawn as curved lines that guide the pedestrian through a succession of spaces that create the impression of houses built along a forest path. The pathway will move around columns as a pedestrian moves around trees in a forest.

Water Fire:

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Literature Review

Impact Mitigation

Intelligent locomotive bumper designs have been touted as possible life-savers for pedestrians. Paden, Kelly, Hines, Botham and Simms explored the feasibility of a life-saving locomotive bumper (103). There were several motivations behind their paper. Perhaps the most important one was the high number of pedestrians that were killed every year in train impacts. Between the years 2007 and 2012, about 10,950 non-suicide deaths were attributed to train impact on humans. Including suicide deaths on railroads, 28,800 pedestrians were killed during that 6-year period. Also, Paden et al., noted that passenger trains served densely populated areas ( ...

Services that the center should provide:

The center will provide mainly outpatient services including diagnosis and treatment. The location of the facility informs this decision. The facility is located in a mall. There are a number of advantages towards having the facility located in the mall. The biggest of these reasons is that a mall is convenient to its users. The design of malls ensures that a user can access multiple services under the same roof. It is therefore advantageous for the hospital facility to be located within the mall. Customers visiting the mall can access health services easily. However, the convenience of the mall ...

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Abstract

STPA (System-Theoretic Process Analysis), is a new hazard analysis technique designed to “eliminate or control scenarios” before they result in losses (Leveson 2011). STPA is based upon an analysis of loss of functional control of a process rather than on an analysis of failure of individual components. Therefore, the model that is used in STPA is a functional control diagram rather than a physical component diagram (Leveson 2011). STPA provides guidance to the users, as opposed to other hazard analyses. In addition, STPA can be used before a system ...

China seems to be noticing a problem with the overuse of smart phones. One report on the subject highlights two incidents were injuries occurred from distracted smartphone users. The incident that was the most troubling was the one of the teenage boy who walked off a bridge because he was not paying attention to anything but his phone. The government it is noticing the issue in calling for a change stating “something has to be done” (Shaver, 2016). In America distracted driving or using your cell phone while driving a vehicle was an issue of concern until recent studies ...

Hit and run homicide

A hit and run are normally defined as being involved in a vehicle accident with either a pedestrian, another vehicle or an object and escaping from the scene without being identified or give any assistance to those in need. It is mostly defined by leaving the scene whether you caused the accident or not. However, if you return to the scene maybe you had gone to access emergency assistance will not be considered as a hit and run. In a hit and run accident, there are several wound and injuries that are common and they assist in reconstructing the ...

Car-free zones, or pedestrian zones, can be seen as a means of improving the overall quality of life in a society, but their development can contribute to the advancements of many aspects of society. Pedestrian zones are complete areas of a city where automobiles are not allowed and not only can their existence entertain a simpler and more peaceful form of life, but they can appeal to specific class groups. There are a few main reasons for this conceptualization, and they will be described based on the social, economic, and environmental consequences of each. Pedestrian zones may seem the ...

Abstract

A dual carriageway is proposed to be constructed in the town moving in the east-west direction. The dual carriage is intended to be eight-kilometer long looping around the northern part of the town. Cut and fill techniques are used where half of the road is cut to a maximum of six meters. Half of the road is supported by an embankment of six meters high. At the eastern and western ends of the road are of grade where the road joins other roads and at the middle where the cut sections meet the filled sections. The road has a ...

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Introduction Technology is often portrayed in popular media and literature as something that conflicts with man’s safety and well-being. Themes of apprehension regarding technology can be observed even in short stories, which aim to promote awareness towards the negative impact of technology to society. The American author, Ray Bradbury, is one of the many authors that express their activism towards the negative impact of technology. Two of his works, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ have themes that make people think about the underlying drawbacks of technology. In general, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ creates awareness about ...

Executive Summary

Corporate responsibility is made of three key sectors of corporate action: community involvement, environmental action, and economic growth. Winnipeg transit has an advanced sense of responsibility when it comes to sustainability and environmental action, however it has failed to provide a positive partnership with the community and employees, in order to gain an overall high reflection of corporate responsibility. More specifically, Canada has a growing dedication to the implementation of sustainable technology, and the growth of public transportation as a means of lowering the national carbon footprint. As such, the Government of Canada has provided financial support for the ...

- Montreal is a great city, but needs to improve on some key issues. People cutting line to get on a bus, a lack of understanding and appreciation of our language diversity and finally, motorists ignoring the plight of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings, are some of the issues raised in the article (Goldstein, 2006).

- The primary rhetorical mode utilized in this essay is narration. The author uses this mode to present her case in the form of a story. This mode helps her develop her case progressively, taking the reader through all the aspects of the city she wishes to expose. A ...

Trains help passengers reach their destinations faster than walking, taking the bus, or even bringing their own cars. However, not everyone opt to take the train, thus, would rather walk and take the pedestrian crosswalk. However, because the train blocks the pedestrian walk, they have to go all the way to the crossing point to reach their destination.

According to our research, the best option that will keep pedestrians safe as they cross to other parts of the street without going to the train's crossing point is to build a bridge connecting buildings A, B, and C. This way, ...

Everybody has the right to choose the kind of life that they want, but they should be guided at every turn to choose a life that does force them into an early grave, a lifetime in prison, or the guilt of knowing that they have deprived an individual of the right to live. When a drunken driver causes damage or even death to any member of the society, this becomes a criminal offence. They choose to drink and drive knowing that driving under the influence of alcohol can only lead to negative consequences. The government of every country has a duty to correct negative ...

Introduction

With respect to law of torts, any action carried out intentionally and that results in causing either physical or emotional injury to another person qualifies as an intentional tort. On the other hand, negligence tort entails causing harm or injury to a third party as a result of personal carelessness. According to Arthur and Barner (2007), civil law requires that every individual conduct his or her activities in a manner that induces no harm to surrounding persons. In this context, the need to conduct one’s affairs in a safe manner constitutes the element of duty. Failure to act safely and within expected ...

Different methods in archaeology are used to aid in reconstructing the evidence of history based of artifacts and ecofacts revealed on an archaeological site. It is also important to employ different methods in order to open the study of different interpretation until such evidence is supported and proven. Each interpretation is accompanied with logical facts based primarily on physical evidences from historical facts. It has been proven that Archaeology is important in rebuilding history, especially if written records are not available. As such, Pre-historic data are primarily provided by Archaeological information.

Excavation is considered an effective form of archaeological ...

One can define a policy statement as an official document that highlights various ways in which a given organisation carries out its affairs. It is supposed to give guidelines on how to conduct a given activity when need arises. Policy statements are usually formulated by the management of organisations and are supposed to be used by employees. Examples of policy statements include an anti-corruption policy and a road transport policy. This paper seeks to review the U.S. transportation policy statement on bicycle and pedestrian accommodation regulations and recommendations.

The U.S. Department of Transport (DOT) has a policy aimed at incorporating safe and convenient walking ...

Commission Report

The Ventura County Transportation committee sat under the auspices and stewardship of the able chairman of the committee on the first Friday of April, this year at the county offices. In attendance were the transport committee board members, consultants contracted by the county to give technical expertise on transport matters and the members of the public. There were a number of issues that were raised, discussed and resolved by the meeting. First, it was a review of the bicycle and pedestrian laws so that there will be set rules in line with the national rules to govern bikers and pedestrian safety ...

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Abstract This report delves into John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport (JFK). It provides a brief history as well as the old and new structure of the airport. As well, it gives a panoramic view of the old and the new structural features of the Airport for the future needs.

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Airport: An Introduction

JFK is run by the Port Authority of New York as well as New Jersey, under a charter ratified in 1947. It is amongst the leading passenger-volume airports all over the USA, as well as the busiest international air passenger entrance, managing more air ...

Sustainability in Saudi Cities

Sustainability in Saudi Cities

Introduction

Both defining and describing the sustainable relationship between the historic and newer built environment of Saudi Arabia’s state capital Riyadh focuses on culture as a mitigating factor in historic preservation and sustainability representative of Saudi cities. This scholarly exploration of the existing construction looks influences on their design from an environmental perspective. The following academic investigation therefore, both compares and contrasts the specifics of the time-honored urban design with the modern. The following investigative account provides information on the environmental and cultural aspects underpinning traditional urban design versus the adoption of 1970s Western urban ...

Introduction

Stanley Park is a public park covering 1,001-acre land in Canada. The park is located in downtown Vancouver and is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean waters. Stanley Park is established in a land that was originally inhabited by indigenous people, long before colonization by the British. After colonization, the park that was blessed with abundant resources become home to aboriginal settlers. When the city recuperated in 1886, it was turned into the prime park of Vancouver. The name “Stanley” comes from a British politician, Lord Stanley, the governor general of the area at that time. The unique thing about Stanley Park ...

The renowned Steel Bridge is a double deck structure that has a vertical-lift and is also known as through-truss. It goes across the Willamette River in the city of Portland in the United States and was opened in 1912, so it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The bridge has the dual function of carrying rail and bicycle traffic on its lower deck whilst the upper deck is dedicated to road traffic. This innovative arrangement makes the bridge extremely innovative and the fact that it has an independent lift continues to emphasise its prominence as the second oldest vertical lift bridge in ...

Introduction

The building to be assessed in this paper is the Menards hardware store located at 3210 North Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The store belongs to the Menards hardware chain stores. It stocks essential hardware supplies such as nails, gardening tools, light fixtures, furniture as well as groceries. The primary users of this building are shoppers and employees.

Risk Analysis

The likely perpetrators of violence at this site are domestic and international terrorists and individuals. The terrorists are likely to use explosives while individuals are likely to use guns such as shot guns or automatic rifles. The target victims are likely ...

Correlations are repeatedly found in space arrangement studies, and they are largely found between graph-based, configuration measures of street networks. In essence, they are clearly characterized as lines, and observable movement patterns. Therefore, this indicates that both the topological and symmetrical complexity is used to study movement in urban grids analytically. Accordingly, since urban modelling has always been assumed that spatial factors play a role in urban navigation, it has always resulted in numerous difficulties. In addition, the existence of various cognitive and scientific evidence of geometric and topological factors is involved in urban navigation, and the metric distance is ...

Philosophy

The argument is based on the discrimination between people, and this argument has been extended to non-human animals which are as much terrestrial beings as humans are. The liberation movements have yielded golden results in different parts of the globe, be it the Apartheid or the ones that fought against foreign imperialism. Women got their right, but they had to wage a long standing battle to be finally considered at par with men. The darkly skinned people had to snatch their rights, and so was the case with those countries that were ruled by foreign power. The subject in question ...

Application of the Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system operates on a very wide-range perspective. Aside from the scope, the same system also works on a case-to-case standards that requires the arresting officer, the investigator or any criminal justice agents’ capacity to make best and appropriate judgment. In a statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it suggests that in 2009, the crime rate in the United States is has been decreasing significantly from when the agency has stated recording crime rate in 1980’s. In fact, from 13,403 in 1980 down to 10,639 in 2009, overall crime rate had been reduced (U.S. Census ...

This Assignment made and entered into this __ day of _____ 2014 in the State of Florida, by and between: The City of Florida, herein referred to as “LESSEE”, acting on behalf of the ABC Design Group, and the Deparment of Transportation in the State of Florida, herein referred to as the “Department”, which is an agency of the State of Florida, herein referred to as the “State”.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the City of Florida has represented ABC design group since it is the proper party to enter the Agreement since the premises that will be used in building the bridge ...

The live music piece I attended took place in a music hall. It was brightly lit, and of ample size, with a stage that allotted for more than what was necessary for the small amount of players, ranging from brass to woodwind instruments. The audience was quiet and respectful, though it appeared that they shared the same responses as I did, ranging from contemplative to irritated, throughout the piece. The audience, as well as myself, were dressed in casually formal attire, as if we were attending a school recital or a semi-fancy restaurant. They did not seem generally enthused by the piece of ...

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Introduction Traffic control system is extremely important for any country because they help in regulating and directing a vehicle or pedestrian movement. This is especially important in areas where construction is underway; accidents can become a major cause or there is road diversion or disruption. Traffic control system ensures that active response teams are readily available, and rescue workers are available 24 hours a day in case of any emergency. Traffic control system has CCTV cameras deployed in different areas where they monitor the traffic control of especially heavy traffic movement ...

The Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Chapter I: Introduction The facts are impossible to ignore: focusing on places, health and walkability requires increased public transit infrastructure, which creates new jobs, enlivens neighborhoods, creates local business opportunities and connects communities, both vulnerable and thriving, to vital amenities and resources. (Raphael &Espiau, 2010, par. 9) Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood development plan focusing on easy access to major transit stops. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) defined TOD during the 1990s when undertaking a project consisting of initiatives to promote livable communities: “Transit-oriented communities are characterized by design and development patterns that are conducive to the ...

Chapter V

Discussion of Results and Conclusions This dissertation began with a quote from Raphael and Espiau (2010, par. 9) describing the positive outcomes that are the goals of TOD. Those goals include offering a high quality of life, healthy neighborhoods, and increased public transit infrastructure. The goals are expected to create equitable communities because jobs and equal access to facilities and services exist. Hollywood in Los Angeles County (LAC) has had especially challenging problems due to the sheer number of cars and people involved in the congestion of the highways. The LAC Metro has been a forerunner in the U.S. in organizing ...

Road rage is a situation in which there is a form of violence on the roads. As the words suggest, it is clear to understand the meaning of the two words. Independently, they bring up no meaning close to the one that they have when combined. In a nutshell, one cannot term as a road rage, any rage incident that happens away from the roads. As it happens on the roads, the incidents in most cases involve drivers. It is, for example an offense to drive above the speed limit in many countries such as America and Saudi Arabia. There comes a time ...

There exist several examples of faulty communication. In a conversation between Peter and Barbara, these examples of faulty communication or cognitive distortions are quite evident. Some of them include; over generalization, this is whereby an individual views a negative event as a never-ending failure. In a conversation between Peter and Barbara, Barbara sees the event of Peter cheating on her with another girl as a never-ending occurrence in their relationship. As a result, she sees this as a major factor that has caused major tension in their relationship. This cognitive distortion represents a language barrier that is a lack of clarity. Another example of cognitive distortion in ...

The investigation on The Burj Dubai tower and the Taipei 101 building

The Burj Dubai tower The Burj Dubai tower is one of the world tallest buildings to have ever been constructed by engineers. This type of a building wind forces and the resulting motions in the upper chamber of the building become some of the factors that call for a major concern in the construction of the building. Engineers had to make an extensive research programs in wind tunnels in the Rowan, Williams, Davies and Erwin (RWDI) 2.4 ×1.9 meter, and 4.9 × 2.4 meter boundary layer wind tunnels in Guelph, Ontario. In the wind tunnel program, it includes pedestrian wind environment ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with an arising issue in the field of communication. It is often supported that though texting is a valuable way of communication, some people spend too much time sending messages by phone instead of interacting with others face to face. This essay is to present you with evidence on how communication seems to have changed nowadays and reflections on what the impacts of new ways of communications like texting appear to be in humans’ lives. Aristotle, the Ancient Greek political philosopher once said that ‘an individual who lives all alone ...

The world is full of wonderful creations made by man. Pyramid of Giza, wall of China, and various other creations are example of great work done by man. California is a place that is full of man made wonderful creations. Golden gate bridge, Hearst castle, Venice canals and Disney land are great creations in California made by Men. Santa Monica, 3rd street is a beautiful place in California made by man. This place attracts tourist and local citizens of the California. This paper intends to discuss Santa Monica, 3rd street. The paper will further elaborate positive and negative aspects, associated with ...

Article ReviewBicycle and Pedestrian Policy in the USA

Introduction This paper reviews and analyzes a published article that deals with bicycle and pedestrian public policy in the USA. The subject article was published in the New York Times on 4 July 2011 and was entitled: “The Bicycle Dividend”, by Nancy Folbre.

Article Summary:

Folbre opens the article with the statement that more Americans are either cycling or walking to and from work, partly because the infrastructure is being improved through public sector investment, which soon will provide safe cycle paths and lanes. See “Bicycle and Pedestrian”, updated Sept 2013, for further details). She notes that since 2006 federal spending ...

Research Paper Outline

Thesis Statement: This paper tries to find out some general reasons of traffic crashes and also discusses several studies, previously done on this subject in order to understand traffic crashes and why such accidents take place. The paper will elaborate rules and laws formed by government to control road accidents and their impact. - Introduction - Statement of the problem: Traffic crashes claim more human lives than terrorism across the world and also cause damages of more than 400 US billion dollars in US alone. Several steps are taken to minimize the incidents of traffic crash but ...

When people come first time to the USA they often get shocked. American people try to have an eye-contact with you, they smile, and you hear all the time their famous ‘have a nice day!’ According to all of that, American people seem friendly. Why this is so as it is? There could be different reasons and one of them is a wide-open space of the continent, or a need in communication. Or perhaps that derives from the culture that has always welcomed immigrants and rejected the deference of class. Maybe they are really friendly, or maybe that is just a mask covering a ...

Introduction

The US department of defense has published various regulations governing the conduct and action military personnel and civilians within the US itself and other installation outside the US. One of the installation under which stringent rules have been established is the US Army in Europe, (AER). Among the regulations made are the traffic rules. The Driver and Vehicle Requirements and the Installation Traffic Code for the U.S. Forces in Germany, establishes an installation traffic code governing the registration requirements and operation of motor vehicles in Europe. It supersedes the earlier AER regulation given in the year 2009. This regulation ...

Introduction

New Urbanism is an urban planning concept which promotes walkable neighborhood design. During the early part of 20th century American urban areas started seeing a population boom as many people emigrated from other areas to stay in the cities. This necessitated the state and city council to design and develop urban areas in such a way to accommodate more population and use lands effectively. During that time automobile also came into usage. Cities planned during and after World War II were highly influenced by the revolution of automobile and were less concerned about land usage. Automobile helped design bigger cities. Before ...

The patient was a 24-year-old black male who was brought to the emergency room via an ambulance on June 21 at 03:50 pm. The report indicated that it was a pedestrian versus vehicle accident. The state of the patient reported included acute lung injury, pulmonary contusion, deep road rash extending over right side of axillary region to the abdomen, deep avulsion to the right hip area and exposed muscles. Trauma alert team and the respiratory therapist were called to the bedside. The patient developed respiratory failure and immediately was intubated by the respiratory therapist with an endotracheal tube size 7.5 mm. ...

The symbol of the coyote in Tortilla Curtain appears many times throughout the novel and offers the reader’s multiple interpretations. The initial first time the coyote is presented in T.C. Boyle’s book, The Tortilla Curtain occurs right when Delaney Mossbacher has his car taken into the dealership for renovation soon after there was a little bit of a collision in hitting the Candido Rincon which was the Mexican. The salesman that worked at the dealership, attempts to make chat with Delaney and then requests if he hit a coyote or a deer. Delaney chooses to take the second choice and decides ...

3.0 Statutory Consideration The term statutory consideration refers to the legal consideration which ought to be taken into consideration when carrying out urban planning. They are the rules and regulations which regulate or determine how to carry out city planning. The following are some of the areas where the statutory consideration may apply.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

Planning Consideration. Partnerships; essential collaboration between the public transport authority, developers and the local government Network provision; provision of frequent services which meets the travel demand and to connect to major destinations are considered. Waiting areas; considering high quality stops and interchange ...

The term “redevelopment” of a waterfront can be widely defined depending on the extensive process as well as the planning of the process. Most Port developers consider mainly the internal part of the port. They consider actions like organization and positioning of container terminals to other areas. On the other hand urbanization intends to focus on transforming the former ports for other economic activities that include tourism and recreational activities. On a general definition, redevelopment can be referred to as redesigning of ports although there is no specific definition to describe redevelopment. It would be of great importance to understand ...

Introduction

This paper provides information on geographical aspects, with focus no urban environment of Frankfurt, Germany with an intention of investigating and analyzing financial and commercial patterns based on size and function of three retail centers. The analysis will involve application Reilly’s retail theory and Christaller’s model of central places (Morris, 118). An understanding of urban environmental issues in cities such as Frankfurt provides a spring board upon which spatial planning can be tailored to meet the social, economic and recreational needs of people.

How do retail patterns vary in different urban areas of Frankfurt am Main, Germany? ...

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An efficient transportation system can be compared to the circulation system in human beings. Both are important aspects of human life. Transportation routes just like routes and attitudes are the life lines of economies. The economic growth is directly related to efficiency of its transportation structure. Many local governments are creating motivated plans to improve, maintain and expand their transportation structure. In the process, some have overestimated the benefits of such projects; tax payers have incurred huge expenses as a result.

The viability of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2035 for Pocatello, the contents of the plan, comparison with the facts ...

All matter contains one form of energy or another. Matter by definition is anything that occupies space and has weight (Nave, 2012). According to Nave, all matter, when subjected to act by an external force changes from one form of energy to another. Kinetic energy is defined as the energy possessed by a body in motion (Nave). A body is termed as having potential energy by virtue of its motion (Niemi, 2000; Marjanovic & Milkovic, 2010; Jones, 2012). Take for example, a boy with a huge ball (mass m) at the top of a hill (see figure below). While the ball is ...

An efficient transportation system can be compared to the circulation system in human beings. Both are important aspects of human life. Transportation routes just like arteries and veins are the life lines of economies. The economic growth is directly proportional to efficiency of its transportation infrastructure. Many local governments are creating ambitious plans to improve, maintain and expand their transportation infrastructure. In the process, some have overestimated the benefits of such projects causing huge expenses to tax payers without comparable benefits.

The purpose of this paper will be to look at the viability of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2035 ...

Overview

The future of mobility is dictated by the changes in the current policies as well as the changing trends and challenges that relates to the transportation sector. However, existing policies addresses the concerns about the future of mobility and these policies demonstrate significant impact to that future. Debates surrounding the issue with the current policies suggests that the prevailing policies are rather bias in favor of private vehicles. These policies has immense impact to the future of mobility. Therefore, these policies needs to be reviewed to better understand the context of these policies and to have a clear view of ...

Objective. As an old woman, around her 70's, was crossing on the pedestrian lane on the street x adjacent to the street y forming a crossing, a vintage pick-up truck appeared on the left-side of the crossing old woman. Running at the unusual faster speed, it suddenly swerved on its left upon seeing what's on its way, causing the truck to run over the opposite lane. Although traffic was minimal that Thursday afternoon, still the sudden gesture of the truck caused an impact to a Ford car that was running on that lane. The truck's bumper hit the passenger's door of car.

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Abstract

In Jane Jacobs' 1958 Fortune article, "Downtown is for People," she discusses the impending arrival of modernist architecture to urban renewal projects and redevelopment in major cities. Other concepts that she describes in her article include the advantages of bigger cities for smaller businesses, the benefits of compactness in architecture, and the need to keep the pedestrian in mind when designing roads around and leading to varying structures. Rockefeller Center is cited as a powerful example of what can happen when a dense, unique structure provides plenty of pedestrian options and quick access to facilities, as compared to the coldness and ...

Approximately nine hundred teenage pedestrians are killed and about fifty one thousand injured annually. People use different modes of transport on campus such as driving, biking and, most commonly, walking. Students, teachers, staff and visitors should always observe safety precautions while moving on or around campus. It is the concern of both the motorist and the pedestrian to ensure that movement around campus is done as safely as possible. This is attained through all road users observing traffic rules and regulations. It is not only the pedestrian’s actions that put them at risk but also the actions ...

Abstract

The United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities estimates the world population of people with disability to be approximately 10% of the world population. As a minority, people with disabilities have been greatly overlooked. In fact, very little is actually understood concerning the relationship between community mobility and urban planning. Urban planning not only influences settlement in the neighborhood and accessibility but also plays a big role in determining the inclusion or exclusion of people living with disabilities in the day to day happenings of the city. Is there justice in the urban life for the people with ...

Abstract

Public or private transportation is a big issue in trying to cut and maintain low CO2 emissions. This issue has become controversial in some circles so this paper uses math to determine which choice is better for me. Data from the Australian Greenhouse Office, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the United States Energy Department is used. These government offices have reported transport emissions as compared to the emissions of other public sectors. Also different modes of transportation and their fuel types are reported upon as compared to passenger activity and energy use. According to the calculations the use of ...

Analysis of the 1111 Building

In Miami Beach, FL, the building at 1111 Lincoln Road is a piece of modern architecture design, in which aesthetic purpose is integral with functionality of the construction. Irrespective of its utility as a parking garage, the building embodies beauty of the sculpture and firmness of the massive construction. The Swiss firm Herzog & De Meuron embarked on an experimental and innovative, if not entirely practical, way to make a parking garage aesthetically pleasing. Using elements of city culture and other architectural practices, Herzog & De Meuron create a building, embodying a futuristic architecture with environmentalist emphasis. This analysis paper will examine the effect the building ...

Analysis of the 1111 Building

In Miami, FL, the building at 1111 Lincoln Road is an architectural marvel – much more so when one considers its utility as a parking garage. The Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron embarked on an experimental and innovative, if not entirely practical, way to make a parking garage aesthetically pleasing. Using elements of urbanism and other architectural practices, Herzog & de Meuron create a truly unforgettable building. This analysis paper will examine the effect the building has on its surroundings, the materials, history, circulation, and location of the building, detailing how these elements come together in this unique piece of architecture.

In the 1950s, ...

Introduction

The social psychology of altruistic actions impinges on values embodied in love and selflessness. As often as we interact with each other, daily, there is the tendency to forget how important acts of kindnesses are towards ourselves and then others. The truth is that if we are not kind to ourselves it is extremely difficult to be kind to others since psychologically every action we take initiates from memories stored within the subconscious. (Reuter, 2010)

The experience

It was last summer when I was making my way down my street walking towards the nearby store. The temperature was way above a hundred ...

Designed by Gerhard M. Kallmann, Noel Michael McKinnell and Edward F. Knowles, Boston City Hall, City Hall Plaza, is one of Boston’s landmarks with a futuristic and permanence architectural form depicted by the thick poured concrete and hard blocks which combine to produce a strong blocky structure. Built in the 1960’s, it is one of the architectural structures that combine elements of imagery to the public and formal elements without leaving out the historical allusion. The design of this structure depicts the attempt to create a lively city plaza and a building form that would represent: both in visual design and the ...