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  • 1.  RE:Who heads up the AIA RUDC Knowledge Committee?

    Posted 07-07-2011 07:58 AM

    Drew (and Kathleen),

    Thanks for your replies.  The 2012 AIA Conference is in DC -- we should have some sessions on the integration of transportation and land use development.  I submitted a proposal for a presentation along these lines.  I would like to help build some more events for the conference that relate to transit/intercity passenger rail/high-speed rail and our cities/communities.  The point would be to raise awareness of the planning and design issues but also the need for architects in making this new wave of infrastructure across the country. 
     
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    Susan Herre AIA AICP
    Transportation Planner
    US DOT Federal Railroad Administration
    Washington DC
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  • 2.  RE:Who heads up the AIA RUDC Knowledge Committee?

    Posted 07-11-2011 10:13 AM
    **Correction. Clark Manus is still President for 2011.

    Susan: I hope your presentation gets approved. AIA Chicago's RUDKC has a lot of discussion about how to take a high speed train at 220 mph and get it into the heart of the city, especially existing CBDs. Follow the link of the picture of the new Beijing Station for China's new Shanghai to Beijing High Speed Train. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-06/30/c_13959095_2.htm Where does that go in Downtown Boston or Chicago? We support High Speed Rail, but we are curious about some of the details. 

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    Drew Deering AIA
    Project Architect and Urban Designer
    Bauer Latoza Studio
    Chicago IL
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  • 3.  RE:Who heads up the AIA RUDC Knowledge Committee?

    Posted 07-12-2011 11:31 AM
    In China, the high speed rail stations are not in the heart of the CBD.  For example, the Beijing-Shanghai high speed rail line terminates in the north at Beijing South Station, approximately 3 miles south of Tiananmen Square (the main CBD is northeast of Tiananmen), and in the south at Shanghai Hongqiao Station, located at the domestic airport about 8 miles west of the Bund or historic downtown.  The HSR stations are connected to the rest of their cities by metro as well as traditional rail.  In U.S. cities, we can assume that people may be less willing to transfer so it would be more important to bring HSR into the downtowns, but there are still alternatives for those cities too built up to build new tracks into downtown.

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    David Solomon AIA
    Sacramento Regional Transit
    Sacramento CA
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