Exactly! That's not just sociology, it's physics. Perimeter-to-center is a critical concern for everything from wheelchairs to chilled-food-travel to firetrucks and ambulances. For fucksake, if someone has a heart attack at the center of the event, how far must the EMTs run with the stretcher to fetch the victim and then run back to reach the ambulance?
Some examples:
A classic "ribbon" layout with a long event between a park (closed to traffic) and what look like parking garages or lots. You simply put the vehicle traffic on the paved side and foot traffic on the grass side, and everyone can reach most or all the stuff with minimal cross-traffic. That site is super well designed for inclusivity, and aside from the hardscaping that also shows in all the dingbats for everything from ADA seating to water stations. \o/
Really, studying physics and biology can teach you a LOT about urban design and event planning. Nature uses the same systems because they work. Why reinvent the wheel when you can piggyback on millions of years of evolution? A traditional neighborhood design has kind of a fractal pattern with busy wide streets, medium streets, and slow narrow streets -- as opposed to the stupid and inefficient suburban design.
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Re: Mobility Impairment
Date: 2020-10-11 04:09 am (UTC)Some examples:
A classic "ribbon" layout with a long event between a park (closed to traffic) and what look like parking garages or lots. You simply put the vehicle traffic on the paved side and foot traffic on the grass side, and everyone can reach most or all the stuff with minimal cross-traffic. That site is super well designed for inclusivity, and aside from the hardscaping that also shows in all the dingbats for everything from ADA seating to water stations. \o/
More or less a cross shape cutting a big blob into little blobs, accessible if function and ADA vehicles can use the roads.
Lobes break up the blob, but the middle trails may not be as accessible.
What the fuck were they even thinking?
Really, studying physics and biology can teach you a LOT about urban design and event planning. Nature uses the same systems because they work. Why reinvent the wheel when you can piggyback on millions of years of evolution? A traditional neighborhood design has kind of a fractal pattern with busy wide streets, medium streets, and slow narrow streets -- as opposed to the stupid and inefficient suburban design.