HUMA 3697 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Allen Road, Autogeddon, Road Rage
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Jane jacobs, erosion of cities or attrition of. Being powerful in a car, gets reversed into road rage from the inability to do anything. Racing games found to have a link to aggressive driving. Use only modern engineering and technology to build the best possible city. Use only scientific knowledge (planning fields only of course) A single, large scale solution requiring public funds (i. e expressway) Minimizes (or ignores) the local in favour of the city . Cities are economic entities, not places where people live, old must give way to new for efficiencies sake. Emphasize cars over other forms of transport. Long time master builder in new york. Built many parks, beaches, pools in pre-war new york. In post war, became known for building expressways-right through existing neighbourhoods. Opposed by jane jacobs in the 1960s. When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.
