Embracing Disruption: Urban Streets and Infrastructure of the 21st Century

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2020

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Mass production of affordable automobiles in the early 20th century have completely reshaped American landscape. Since then, every part of American cities and neighborhoods have been designed to move cars rather than people. On the brink of a broad adoption of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, cities have an historic opportunity to reorient urban spaces and redesign its streets. Concurrent with the evolving public health challenges and shifting in urban demographics and consumer habits, how are these changes of the 21st century impact the design of urban streets and public realm of the future? This thesis aims to explore and propose an urban incubator dedicated to the advancements of all mobility and reimagine how urban living of the future look like as people reclaim the urban streets.

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