HEALTHY SYSTEMS OF MOVEMENT

Rationale

Movement seems like the simplest thing for our existence in the world. Our bodies are designed to walk, run, jump and manipulate objects. But in the city we live in, how often do we use our bodies to their full potential? And as the climate changes, forests degrade, and urban development sprawls, what kind of healthy and sustainable movement systems should we propose for our future?

Main Take Aways

Where sidewalks are missing, people experience not only safety issues but basic regard. Janine Blaeloch, who co-leads the Lake City Greenway Group notes, “It’s about dignity.... why should people who are using their feet to get from place to place have to go through such harrowing experiences, feeling they are in danger and also feeling like they’re being disrepected?” 1

Traffic and vehicle control is important to provide safety to pedestrians. This not only requires funding to build the sidewalk, and other safety features, such as crosswalks, lighting and signs, but also to promote education on safety issues.

The construction of infrastructure and the issue of related regulations are both important. When we begin to prioritze modes of transportation besides vehicles, healthy systems of movement will be promoted.

Reflection

Different cities have developed their own culture about movement. Copenhagen has developed around biking, so car drivers understand the safety of cyclists, and pedestrians take precedence over their driving convenience.

Seattle and most of the other cities in the United States are car-oriented cities. Efforts to improve the public transit system and to transform the movement system to other healthy and sustainable options of biking and walking are important.

Seongwon Song

L ARCH 590 B: Seminar in Landscape Architecture

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This reflection focused on movement systems in our current locations (some of us were in Rome) as well as in childhood. Most of us have good memories of our childhood transportation system, enjoying the convenience and the safe feeling public transportation provided, but also most of us admit that the bikability and walkability in their hometown were not that good, because of the lack of related infrastructure.

November 2, 2015

Relationship To Studio Site

Licton Springs-Haller Lake Neighborhood is located in North Seattle, where there is a lack of sidewalks. We find this evident through data as well as our own experiences in the neighborhood. The neighborhood lacks safe and convenient sidewalks, crossings and bikeways. With the increasing population and density in this area, we need to provide and connect efficient and safe mass transit with walkable and bikable routes for people.