scholarly journals The "ugly" TTC subway map (and how it ruins your mood and movement in the city) : a case study and redesign

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Sida Liu
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Face Lift ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Underground Transportation ◽  
Brain Transplant ◽  
The City ◽  
Metro System

The TTC subway was built in 1949 to resolve the traffic issues of that era, issues that have only since intensified. At the time, any underground transportation system was an impressive accomplishment in design, engineering, construction, and city planning. Today, those same accomplishments—left to stagnate, age, and become overburdened—have become outdated and—measured against contemporary designs—sometimes even ridiculed. As the TTC continues trying to expand its infrastructure to meet the demands of a growing urban population, its progress leaves much to be desired—past decisions made without the foresight of urbanization, globalization, and technological innovation are being revealed to be inadequate. What we are left with is a face lift and hair extensions for a transit system that actually needs a brain transplant and genetic modification. But while this Major Research Project acknowledges the infrastructural inadequacies of Toronto’s TTC metro system, the focus here will specifically be on the TTC’s transit maps, branding, and graphic design which itself, I will argue, has not aged gracefully and is in serious need of an update—one that responds to and satisfies the needs of today’s mobile, increasingly design-savvy, and digitally connected citizens. Keywords: subway, map, representation, branding, wayfinding

scholarly journals The "ugly" TTC subway map (and how it ruins your mood and movement in the city) : a case study and redesign

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Sida Liu
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Face Lift ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Underground Transportation ◽  
Brain Transplant ◽  
The City ◽  
Metro System

The TTC subway was built in 1949 to resolve the traffic issues of that era, issues that have only since intensified. At the time, any underground transportation system was an impressive accomplishment in design, engineering, construction, and city planning. Today, those same accomplishments—left to stagnate, age, and become overburdened—have become outdated and—measured against contemporary designs—sometimes even ridiculed. As the TTC continues trying to expand its infrastructure to meet the demands of a growing urban population, its progress leaves much to be desired—past decisions made without the foresight of urbanization, globalization, and technological innovation are being revealed to be inadequate. What we are left with is a face lift and hair extensions for a transit system that actually needs a brain transplant and genetic modification. But while this Major Research Project acknowledges the infrastructural inadequacies of Toronto’s TTC metro system, the focus here will specifically be on the TTC’s transit maps, branding, and graphic design which itself, I will argue, has not aged gracefully and is in serious need of an update—one that responds to and satisfies the needs of today’s mobile, increasingly design-savvy, and digitally connected citizens. Keywords: subway, map, representation, branding, wayfinding

Bike your City: Planning and Designing Cycling Infrastructure in the Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jack J. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Design Case Study ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Graphical Design ◽  
The City

<p>Cycling is a memory of the past for most of us, the lack of support from the authorities on the cycling infrastructure made it difficult to attract people to cycle in the city. Urban sprawl, traffic congestion, car dependency, environmental pollution and public health concerns have pressured cities around the world to consider reintegrating cycling into the urban environment.  Design as a research method was utilised to investigate the effectiveness of design methodology and workflow for cycling infrastructure from an architecture and design perspective. Using Wellington City as a design case study, this research aimed to improve the legibility, usability and the image of cycling as a mode of transport in the city. To achieve this, a customisable graphical design framework and branding strategies were developed to structure and organise the design components within cycling infrastructure. The findings from the iterative design processes were visualised through the appropriate architectural and presentation conventions.  This research provided an unique architectural perspectives on the issues of cycling infrastructure; the results would support the transportation advisers and urban planners to further the development and integration of cycling, as a viable mode of transport, within the city.</p>

scholarly journals SUSTAINING THE CULTURAL VITALITY OF URBAN PUBLIC MARKETS: A Case Study of Pasar Payang, Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalilah Zakariya ◽  
Zumahiran Kamarudin ◽  
Nor Zalina Harun
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public Markets ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Public Market ◽  
The City

The development of a public market in the city planning is pivotal in supporting the growth of the local economy. The market is also a place where the culture of the locals evolves daily. However, the unique qualities of the market are vulnerable to the redevelopment process. This study examines the cultural aspects of Pasar Payang in Terengganu, Malaysia, as one of the well-known markets among the locals and the tourists, which will soon be redeveloped. The aim of this paper is to identify the tangible and intangible qualities of the market, so that it can sustain its cultural qualities in the future. The methods adopted for this study comprise of conducting a survey among 497 visitors, and semi-structured interviews among 19 market vendors. The findings reveal that the cultural vitality of the market can be sustained by strengthening its local identity through its products and culture, providing spaces that can facilitate tourist activities and cultural participation, and enhancing the development of the local businesses.

The Knowledge Urbanity in Qatar

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A. Alraouf
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The City

This chapter illustrates the alternative approach to knowledge-based urban development that Qatar adopted to cope with the challenges of the post-carbon paradigm and to construct a new identity as a knowledge-based model of development within the Middle East. Using the capital city, Doha, as the main case study, the chapter provides analysis of the city evolution from the discovery of oil until the contemporary stage where knowledge economy is envisioned as its future and the guiding principle for its urban and architectural projects. The analysis covers the city planning level and how future masterplan is geared towards KBUD and then some influential projects will be assessed. The chapter concludes with a holistic understanding of the case of Doha as a knowledge and creative city that succeeded to craft a new urban brand within the Gulf and Middle Eastern cities.

Emotional Mapping in Local Neighbourhood Planning

2020 ◽  
pp. 541-564
Author(s):  
Jiří Pánek ◽  
Vít Pászto
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
The City

City planning, decision-making and participation in local administration can be sometimes elitist, closed to the public and non-participatory processes. Citizens are frequently a neglected part of these activities and are usually only involved and considered prior to elections. Yet citizens have a relevant role in the processes of town planning and administration. This paper describes the implementation of a web-based crowdsourcing tool for the collection and visualisation of emotion-based and subjective information on maps. The tool was used in a case study of neighbourhood development consultation in the city of Příbram, the Czech Republic. Visual, textual and statistical analyses showed a similar spatial distribution of some topics within the Křižáky neighbourhood and provide results, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in the process of e-participation in urban e-planning. The results presented in this paper allow replication of the research methodology in other areas as well as its implementation.

Planning and its discontents: contradictions and continuities in remaking China's great cities, 1950–2010

Urban History ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 530-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL Y. LIANG
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
State Governance ◽  
City Plan ◽  
The City ◽  
Theoretical Overview

ABSTRACT:This article offers a theoretical overview of the urbanization legacy of China's great cities since 1949. It shows a persistent contradiction between ideology/planning and urban sprawl/cellular urbanism. The symbolic function of city planning reflects official ideology giving the city a unified formal structure, but the implementation of the city plan is compromised in the process of urban development. The state governance fragments Chinese urban society into emplaced groups. This social division takes effect through the spatial division of various compounds that negotiate with rather than conform to city planning. Using a case-study of Guangzhou's urban development, the article shows how the state-led spatial practices continue in the post-socialist era and how a new kind of developmental ideology informs urban developments.

scholarly journals Coherence Among Street Vendors Act and City Planning Policies Case Study- Patiala

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Ajay Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Vending ◽  
Trading Activities ◽  
The City ◽  
Planning Policies

The magnitude of informal sector and its contribution to national economy indicates that 92% of total work force of 457 million in India, work in the informal sector. Informal sector contributes 60% to country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). This sector shares 98% of the total enterprises in the country. As per 2011 census, Patiala has 4.46 lakh urban population served by 22,000 formal units and 7,000 informal units. Out of these 7,000 informal units, about 2000 informal units fall in walled city. This paper is an attempt to review the coherence among the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 and the City Planning Policies by studying the provisions made by the urban local bodies (ULB) to address the issues of informal sector under this Act and its integration with the city Master Plan before the enactment and after the enactment of the Vendors Act 2014. For better understanding the author has studied the historical evolution of informal trading activities in Patiala, its growth pattern, trend, spatial distribution, socio economic characteristics, space occupied, movement within informal and formal trade and its impacts on traffic, land use and physical environment. Salient features of The Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act,2014 have been discussed along with the practical application of the same by Municipal Corporation Patiala and its coherence with the city planning document. 

scholarly journals City thematic approach to achieve liveable city: case study of Bandung City

2021 ◽  
Vol 778 (1) ◽  
pp. 012020
Author(s):  
R Sutriadi ◽  
A Noviansyah
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
Thematic Approach ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Abstract Livable City has been the goal for many cities and has become the one purpose of city planning. Nowadays, the need to achieve the livable aspects of the city resurfaced as an issue highlighted in Sustainable Development Goals. This brings focus on the index of livability, which tried to measure how livable the city is. The Indexes, however, did not instruct the correct directions to achieve the index. Various approaches have been done to satisfy the index of the livable city—where city thematic becomes one of the alternatives. Along with the common goals of achieving not only livable but also a sustainable city, the city thematic approach also raises many unique perks for solving urban problems. Although when the goals have always been the same, the approach might be slightly different. This paper explains that although there are several ways to achieve a livable city, the thematic city approach may be considered as an effective way to raise awareness of uncommon livability problems, and therefore one of the interesting approaches to be focused on.

Using an Online Data Portal and Prototype Analysis Tools in an Investigation of Spatial Livability Planning

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian D. Bishop ◽  
Serryn Eagleson ◽  
Christopher J. Pettit ◽  
Abbas Rajabifard ◽  
Hannah Badland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Data Portal ◽  
The City

This paper introduces an online spatial data portal with advanced data access, analytical and visualisation capabilities which can be used for evidence based city planning and supporting data driven research. Through a case study approach, focused in the city of Melbourne, the authors show how the Australian Urban Infrastructure Network (AURIN) portal can be used to investigate a multi-facetted approach to understanding the various spatial dimension of livability. While the tools explore separate facets of livability (employment, housing, health service and walkability), their outputs flow through to the other tools showing the benefits of integrated systems.

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