Urban Factors for transportation and walkability
Matt Hoefler
Looking at Matt D.’s familiarization I see a common trend between both of our ideas – using this list value for 2.01 I found myself thinking of context maps that can reflect a community. I focused on trying to create a plan that shows people traffic, using a computational method within autocad to create parameters that can be modified to see what the possibilities are. Using the computational parameters of executing addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication I can change one circle and the entire map will adjust to reflect this change in population. Now when we look at Dubai we can see some issues that come out as familiarities to me, that i had noticed first hand. The walk-ability in Dubai is not the greatest and that is just a result of the climate and the culture that surrounds it now. In the summers it can get so hot that there are very little amounts of people outdoors, which is understandable now.
So using these auto cad defined parameters we can see what areas could be affected by possible mass transit or other transportation needs in the area. Of course Dubai has a great light rail system that can bring you to all parts of the city. However there may need to be advances in the current walk-ability.
This is a great thesis paper by UMD I have read thru a lot of it and its actually really interesting
External Source link http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/11308