Overview

From January to May 2020, my group of seven together completed a comprehensive analysis on the current condition of the Delaware Avenue South area in Philadelphia as well as recommendations for future development through the lenses of environmental resiliency, community building, and transportation connectivity.

My Role

• Conducted interviews with local residents to identify issues and opportunities of current transportation infrastructures.
• Conducted data analysis on travel behavior and traffic safety in the study area.
• Synthesized research findings into design and policy recommendations.
• Served as the project manager, leading team to create long term vision and to meet short term goals.

Project Timeline

Phase 1: Existing Condition
We first analyzed the current condition of our study area through site visits, attending community meetings, conducting interviews with local organizations and collecting demographic, economic, housing and transportation related data.

Phase 2: Issues and Opportunities
Then we identified issues and opportunities in our study area according to the four key areas: community development, environmental resiliency, housing affordability and transportation connectivity.

Phase 3: Alternatives
In the third phase, we came up with three mutually exclusive and bold alternative development plans for the study area, each of which focuses on addressing one of the goals: 1.environmental resiliency 2.community development 3.transportation connectivity.

Phase 4: Recommendations
In the end, we evaluated the importance and urgency of recommendations from each of the three alternatives, and created a list of 12 recommendations on the future development of the study area.

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