Using inclusive transportation strategies to cultivate place-making in vehicular dominated urban locations

Abstract

This thesis examines the potential for inclusive transportation to support place-making in cities such as Athens, Georgia where automobile-dominance severely limits qualities of place: sociability, activities, accessibility, and comfort. For the purposes of this thesis, inclusive transportation is defined as a kind of transportation planning process which provide infrastructure and other conditions for all kinds of transportation modes. It can also provide accessibility and other conditions for all different kinds of users. In this thesis, diagrams will be provided to show the relationship inside of inclusive transportation and place-making. Relevant case studies will be researched and used to guide the design application. At the very end of this thesis, a discussion about the suitability of this research and the future vision will be given