510 native. hometown Berkeley, currently living in Oakland. recent urban studies & planning x international studies (econ/poli) graduate from the Univ. of California at San Diego.
hoping to land some planning job to assist in mission to transform socal into someplace livable and sustainable.
or else.. I’ll move to Portland or Finland.
- senior research project: Slow to Cycle San Diego [paper / video] — san diego cycle infrastructure implementation compared to san francisco and seattle. 02.2012.
- walking & cycling in Finland and Sweden. — bike x ped infrastructure photos. 12.2011.
- Chicago streets. — some photos of bike x ped infrastructure in the Windy City. 03.2012.
- what is Urban Design? short paper written for a class. 04.2012.
- improving the public realm in Little Italy, San Diego. 05.2012.
- preliminary concept map of Little Italy redevelopment. group project for an urban design class. 05.2012.
- why California High Speed Rail? my view on why we need it. 06.2012.
- Smart Growth — lengthy paper. 03.2011.
questions/comments/contact ?
posts mostly on urban planning, specifically bike and transportation planning.
some tags:
bay area, berkeley, bikes, bike touring, chicago, critical mass, cycle chic, cycle infrastructure, cycling story, design, documentary films, energy, environment, events, fixed gear, los angeles, news, new york, oakland, portland, public space, san diego, san francisco, streetcars, streets, ucsd, walkability
my bikes:
- vintage raleigh pursuit mixte road bike
- SE draft lite fixed gear
- before those two: vintage huffy citybike that i sold to a UC Davis freshman. hopefully it hasn’t been stolen and has been getting her to classes on time.
- vintage free spirit citybike that i originally bought for myself, but now my mom uses it occasionally to go to the supermarket and to ride around lake merritt.
- before those two: a kid’s magna that’s presently sitting all sad in my little cousin’s garage.
more me:
cs | flavors.me | flickr | g.plus | twitter
news blurbs and bio at sandiego.urbdezine.
things i like outside of urban planning and bikes:
- trance prior to 2011, liquid drum’n’bass, psy/goa trance,
- photography,
- Finland <3
