Abstract
Transportation design and transportation planning have been working independently from each other in the past century. Designers have focused on developing vehicles, and planners have focused on developing infrastructure proposals in a stable paradigm of roads for cars. By 2040, autonomous vehicles (AVs), hyper-connectivity and a shared economy will drastically change the transportation paradigm. These factors will increase the complexities of cities by introducing new types of vehicles, requiring designers to incorporate methodologies from planning to meet the needs of the population, and planners to consider new types of vehicles in their methodologies. Further, the Cincinnati and Dayton corridor is projected to grow in population and employment by over 20% in 2040, and the current transportation infrastructure plan for 2040 by the OKI (Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Regional Council) will not accommodate the projected needs of the region. This thesis project proposes the conceptual configuration of a mass transit system between Cincinnati and Dayton in 2040 based on integrating transportation design and transportation planning methodologies. Preliminary results from this proposal show that the careful coordination of design and planning methodologies are very effective. This proposal’s main area of impact is design and planning education, by promoting collaborative future mobility studios with integrated methodologies. Other areas of impact include the workplace, where professional designers and planners can integrate both methodologies and the built environment referring to the proposal’s implementation, where large-scale stakeholder involvement takes place, including government and policymaking, public participation, larger data sets, land use studies and private company’s engagement.
Presenters
Alejandro Lozano RobledoResearch Associate and Director of Future Mobility Design (FMD) Lab, Office of Research, University of Cincinnati Digital Futures, Ohio, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Transportation,Design,Planning,2040,Future,Mobility,Education,Methodologies,Cincinnati,Infrastructure
