Currently West Alisal Street focuses on cars as the main means transportation. One of the of the main issues is that cars on West Alisal Street are regularly speeding until they the reach Downtown Salinas. At the moment the moment cyclists do not have their own designated bike lanes. Cyclists have to have to use […]
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Salinas Road Diet – Survey of Hartnell College
By creating a survey for Hartnell College, we will be able to gather data on the different forms of transportation the students and faculty use before the Road Diet is created. Our primary goals are to gain the perceptions of existing conditions, the mode choice made by people attending Hartnell and the reasoning behind their […]
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Modelling of the Implementation of a Shared Bus and Bike Lane along W. Alisal Street in Salinas
Alisal’s history helped develop Salinas as one of the top fresh produce distributors in the country. However, with progress comes change, and Alisal street has transformed into a long stretch of residential homes. Likewise, population and traffic has increased exponentially, minimizing the degree of overall safety. The objective of this study is to figure out […]
Realm Housing – A pitch for transitional housing on land being converted to organic agriculture
According to the survey about the farmworkers inside of Salinas Valley and Pajaro Valley between 2001 and 2012(Coile, 2016), farmworkers have many housing problems. Especially the living conditions of farmworkers for example, one statistical data study states that more than 40% farmworkers reported the problem with plumbing, roaches, cracking, and peeling. In addition, the average […]
East Market Street Community Engagement Project
A city road project was analyzed to understand the sustainability implications to a changing transportation system with goals to move toward better infrastructure and more easily accessible routes to schools. This will, in turn, encourage alternative transportation means and a positive impact on the city. However, in order for this to happen the city needs […]
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Children’s Environmental Literature
I’m working with a second grade class in Salinas with the picture book, I Know the River Loves me. We are working on issues of the environment through a study of “habitat.” We will anchor ourselves in the text with both reading and artwork. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]