After Car Culture: Designing the New LA
Join Van Alen Institute at the Caltrans Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles for a presentation of winning entries from the Life at the Speed of Rail competition and a conversation about the role of design in California’s high-speed rail future.
9:54 PM PDT on July 8, 2011
Will high-speed rail change life in LA? How is design influencing transportation development on the West Coast?
Join Van Alen Institute at the Caltrans Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles for a presentation of winning entries from the Life at the Speed of Rail competition and a conversation about the role of design in California’s high-speed rail future.
In addition to winning entries, the event will feature a panel discussion among project advisers and guests:
THOM MAYNE, Morphosis
CHrIsTOpHEr HAwTHOrNE, LA Times
MICHAEl lEjEuNE, lA Metro
DANA CuFF, uClA citylAB
jOHN rAHAIM, san Francisco planning
AlIssA wAlKEr, GOOD Magazine
ANDrEw COlOpY & DIANA lIND, Van Alen Fellow
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