What Downtown LA Would Like Without Cars (VIDEO)

Three architecture students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo teamed to make this video which aims to show what an auto-free downtown LA could be.

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May 9, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT

By Victor Negrete

From post by Alissa Walker at Good Magazine: "Their ideas for transforming the city's most vertical community were mostly motivated by a pretty overwhelming fact: A baffling 36 percent of downtown's land is parking lots or parking structures. By replacing this poorly-used space with cultural institutions, education, or housing, the area will automatically become more energized."

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Monday, May 9, 2011 in GOOD Magazine

Architecture Community / Economic Development Education & Careers Energy Environment Housing Infrastructure Land Use Transportation Urban Development North America United States California Los Angeles; Downtowns; Public Transit; Land Use: Auto Congestion; Parking View More

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