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Street Plazas and their effects on Local Businesses and Sociability
A Thesis Presented to the Division of History and Social Sciences Reed College. Abstract With my thesis project I wanted to examine to what extent street plazas are beneficial to both business owners, the larger community and how to successfully activate these spaces. Street plazas are great places for the formation of long-lasting social ties, as well as…
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Elastic and Disposable Ties: Strategies To Get By
Abstract Networks are a highly researched field. A large component of networks is the ties between individuals, particularly the social ties that people use in their day to day lives. Many early studies when trying to conceptualize these social ties categorized them into weak and strong. However over time researchers acknowledged the fact that not…
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Expand Access to Bike Share at Reed
This is part of a series of recommendations to improve access to sustainable transportation options at Reed College. Why bike share? Shared bikes reduce one of the primary barriers to cycling for transportation — access to a bicycle. Purchasing and maintaining a bicycle is a costly expense for students, especially international students and financial aid…
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The Introduction of Micromobility and the Future of Portland Transportation
Research Question: What Has the Introduction of Micromobility Revealed about the Future of Portland Transportation? Introduction Imagine looking out your window, seeing the usual traffic backed up, angry drivers honking their horns in frustration, oversize trucks belching smoke into the air. Now imagine looking out your window and seeing a quiet yet vibrant “shared street”…