LA Mobility Vision 2050

Description: Urban Forms Term Project

Presented at Pando Populus ’22

Role: Collaborated with a team of 4, Led the project during the Vision and Development Phase

Brief: The Design Brief was to develop a far future vision for Los Angeles 2050 using 2028 LA Olympics as a transition point. LA is a Mosaic of cultures, activities and identities, this is all empowered by the ability to move from one place to another, unfortunately the only viable way to do this is ‘The Car’, that dominates the city. The car system is impeding and limiting human freedom and the future of LA. Owning a car is a necessity- What began as a mechanism for individual and social empowerment, ended up as a prison for mobile freedom - climate, right to breathe.

Freedom = access to car = wealth

Our vision is to Decouple freedom from wealth.

We studied the LA28 Olympic Games Plan and visited places in the city; event venues, transportation projects under development. We identified key insights and opportunities through experiencing first-hand a variety of forms of urban mobility. We identified five relevant themes that need to be addressed.

How might Mobility co-exist with Nature?

The River

Corridor rethinks the experience of walking in Los Angeles

Car centric infrastructure of the past affected people in a way that created segregation among communities. This also created problems of Environmental Justice where only certain communities carried the burden. The current climate emergency begs for us to rethink the way we move. Walking is the most natural form of commuting and more spaces need to be dedicated to it

Nature is nurtured through a series of habitat developments along the river. Nature takes over and humans become guests.

2050

Walking as a mode of commute.

Encouraging the River corridor as a regular commute route. Walking in LA becomes an asset.

Currently, the Accessibility and Visibility to the river are blocked which impedes the potential of the river as a community resource.