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Reflection: The Las Vegas Strip - Introducing Big Data into Project Planning for User Informed Design
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Every world class city has a landmark, in Vegas it is “The Strip." Yet, this important gateway to Las Vegas venues is little more than a 10 lane downtown street controlled by stop lights. Reminiscent of 1970’s streets in ...
Heritage | Heart of the Community
(2012)
This thesis explores small urban city revitalization. When small cities outlast the function of their own infrastructure, city revitalization needs to focus on how the city is functioning overall. City infrastructure is ...
On the Fringe
(2012)
When communities fail to plan, there is no institutional framework where development
can progress. This leaves little opportunity for expansion or modification based on changing
needs. The establishment of a common vision ...
Urban Transitions: making connections between transportation to the livable environment
(2013)
The dependence on personal vehicles for transportation continues to grow for Americans. This has changed the shape of our cities toward automobile oriented transportation over the past decades. In return cities have been ...
Play Streets: Integrating safe and engaging play opportunities for children into the streetscape network of Lowertown, St. Paul Minnesota
(2017)
The following project addresses the idea that play should be integrated into streetscape design to create a more interactive and stimulating play environment for children living in urban environments. The project discusses ...
Adaptation : transforming existing transit systems for Millennials
(2014)
The Millennial Generation, also known as Generation Y, has a different philosophy than previous generations when it comes to transportation and housing. According to Shyam Kannan, vice president at RCLCO, a leading real ...
Smart Streets: Envisioning Autonomous Mobility through Active Spaces and Economic Design Practices in Fargo, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Safety is the top priority and designing for all users, with special attention to the pedestrian will be addressed. Next, increasing mobility on NDSU’s downtown campus will start with a design for more flexible and affordable ...
The Front: Re-imagining Main Avenue in Downtown Fargo as a Multi-modal Transit Corridor
(2016)
As cities strive to become more walkable, considerate of bicyclists, and more accommodating of mass transit, one has to ask how current arterial roadways can be retrofitted to allow for all modes of transportation. Downtown ...
Instascape: Employing Social Media to Connect the Physical and Cultural Environment in Duluth’s Downtown Waterfront
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Eisenhower’s great uniting Interstate Highway System may have brought many communities closer to each other, but in many instances, severed them internally. We see this problem in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The central ...
Festival on Fifth Street: A Multi-modal Streetscape and Cultural Center in Downtown Bismarck, North Dakota.
(2016)
This thesis is a study conducted to explore the effects of revitalizing a downtown street emphasizing the pedestrian. Through research, the streetscape will be redeveloped for the safety of pedestrians as well as various ...