Street Conflict, Power, and Promise
Interstate Illusions to Livable Streets
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| (left–right) Interstate 405, Los Angeles, CA. Photo: Maciek Lulko, CC BY-NC 2.0; walkers, bikers, buses, and cars move along the newly rebuilt Hennepin Avenue in uptown Minneapolis, MN. Photo: Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0 | |
Street Conflict, Power, and Promise: Interstate Illusions to Livable Streets
Bruce Appleyard
San Diego State University
Plavnick Lecture in Urban + Environmental Planning
Mon, Oct 12, 5 PM
Campbell 153
The interstate highway system reshaped American mobility, commerce, and cities, often at significant social cost. In this lecture, Dr. Bruce Appleyard—Professor of City Planning and Urban Design, former Neighborhood Planner and Planning Commissioner for the City of Charlottesville, and Policy Advocate for the Southern Environmental Law Center—examines the enduring tension between automobiles and community life. Drawing on his book, Livable Streets 2.0 (Elsevier, 2020), he presents evidence-based approaches for creating safer, healthier, and more connected streets.
Marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Interstate and Defense Highway Act, Appleyard connects national and local transportation history, including Charlottesville's unsuccessful Hwy 29 Western Bypass proposal. He explores how transportation decisions shape communities and considers the ongoing challenge of balancing mobility, economic development, and neighborhood livability.
About the Speaker
Dr. Bruce Appleyard is Professor of City Planning and Urban Design at San Diego State University (SDSU) where he helps people and agencies make more informed decisions about how we live, work, and thrive. Working from the human to regional/ecosystem scale, he is an author of numerous peer-reviewed and professional publications and is a global thought leader on urban quality, the future of transport, and reimagining and redesigning streets for livability, safety, and placemaking—especially for pedestrians and bicyclists. His expertise also extends to coordinating housing, land use, and transport to help places become more sustainable, livable, healthy, and equitable.
Supported by the Robert L. Plavnick Endowment.
