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Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic

The final course in the Urban Design for Planners series addresses the automobile as part of the urban fabric. The storage of cars and high levels of congestion can be very detrimental to neighborhoods, but good design can mitigate those negative effects. 

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Course Info

  • Duration 9 video lessons (90 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2015
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    Parking Overview
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    3.
    QGIS and Google Earth: Identifying Parking Lots
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    SketchUp: Reconfiguring a Parking Lot
    Chapter Duration 18 mins
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    SketchUp: Reconfiguring a Parking Lot, Part 2
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    Traffic Overview
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    QGIS and Google Earth: Prioritizing Strategic Areas
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    QGIS: Designing New Thoroughfares
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    QGIS: Reconfiguring an Intersection for Traffic Calming
    Chapter Duration 33 mins

Course Description

The final course in the Urban Design for Planners series addresses the reality of the automobile as part of the urban fabric. The storage of cars and high levels of traffic can be very detrimental to neighborhoods, but good design can mitigate those negative effects. For parking, we look at four types of responses to surface level parking. For high-traffic areas, we look at the ways to calm traffic can be calmed and prioritize the needs of pedestrians. This course demonstrates how to analyze high levels of parking and traffic, present your analysis graphically, and then propose design interventions that address negative effects.

There will always be a need for some cars in cities, and the design issue remains: How can cars be stored and traffic handled in a way that minimizes the destruction of the public realm?

Learn these skills

  • GIS
  • Land Use
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Parking
  • Plan Making
  • Site Analysis
  • Urban Design
  • GIMP
  • Inkscape
  • Trimble SketchUp
  • QGIS
  • Google Earth

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1.5 AICP CM credits. 

LA CES

This course is approved for 1.50 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW.

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Emily Talen

Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to urban design and urbanism, especially the relationship between the built environment and social equity.

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