Essays on TOD

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The following paper gives an insight into the proposal to construct tents put forward by Alpine Trekking Pvt. Ltd. The proposal is carefully examined and all considerations are taken into account. Based on the data given, a basic framework of the problem is constructed. Further in the report, some iterations of the tent design are considered. The best one is selected and justified. For the purpose of designing, analytical method is employed in which total space needed is calculated using all the constraints provided.

For maximum space utilization, the height of the tents is fixed at the maximum limit of 4 m.

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Introduction

“The Day of the Locust” is written by an American novelist Nathanael Wes in 1939. The main theme revolves around the states of Hollywood and California and highlights different aspects of Great Depression. The book has gained so much popualarity in its domain, and still a number of people wants to read the book, and the author has achieved high success in his career. The main theme also includes the despair and alienation of a major group of strangers who were resided in the film industry of Hollywood. It is considered as one of the famous and best Novel by the ...

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 ...

the Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Overview

In California, the Los Angeles Metro, government, public organization and communites have worked hard to develop TOD projects in several locations in California. Los Angeles County (LAC) in Southern California is bordered by the Pacific Ocean; and near enough to the southern border of the U.S. that many people have migrated north to LA. Hollywood acts like a magnet for people looking for work in the movie industry and for tourists. years. In fact, the congestion of people and their cars in LAC has made it one of the most crowded ...

“The ultimate power is our mental power, our consciousness, our awareness.” (Na’im 2008) The preceding quote is from the book Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery written by Dr. Na’im Akbar a professor and psychologist. He is referring to the three pathways he believes African Americans can use to strengthen their power in America. The reason African Americans need to reach their ‘ultimate power’ is to fight the psychological wounds that slavery has left on black-skinned Americans whose ancestors were kidnapped from Africa and forced into slavery on American Southern plantations. The main challenge of reaching a goal of ‘ ...

Residents from Diverse Socio-Economic Levels

Economics Residents from Diverse Socio-Economic Levels 1 How would you define Transit Oriented development? 2 How can a TOD project be used to make a community have more equality between the residents? 3 How does sustainability apply to TOD? 4 In order for TOD neighborhoods to be successfully designed some land use policies may need to be changed. Do you think successfully changing land-use policies will be difficult to accomplish? 5 If a state highway runs through an urban corridor what impact does that have on a TOD project? 6. Doesn’t’ TOD require changing people’ ...

Residents from Diverse Socio-Economic Levels

Economics Residents from Diverse Socio-Economic Levels Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of housing development located near major transit stops so that residents have only a short distance to walk to reach a mass transportation station. TOD is attractive to many cities and urban areas because it is designed as sustainable development. The households constructed are targeted for mixed-use by residents of all ages and with varying incomes who can easily access rail or bus transportation. A mix of socio-economic levels is a characteristic of TOD. The availability of mass transit decreases the negative impacts of automobiles on the environment. Less ...

Introduction

Having goals and dreams is something that every person in this planet has in common. All people make dreams, although these dreams greatly vary in terms of its being time-bound, the size of the dream, and everything else. The idea remains the same though. Every person has his own dreams and this truth has existed for the past thousands of years. Being casted in one of the mainstream movies or even TV series in Hollywood can be anybody’s dream, although it is not in any way a simple one, or something that anyone can easily achieve. Hope can ...