摘要: |
The 2022 Equitable SimCity Sandbox Design Competition, sponsored by the ITE Consultants Council, was a culmination of creativity, innovation, and technical applicability from both professional and student teams. Competitors were challenged to envision a community that would serve as an ideal example in terms of balancing transportation and equity. To make the competition parameters consistent, the Town of Matthews in North Carolina, USA was used as a case study. Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte, is in Mecklenburg County and has a population of about 30,000 residents. Information for the town of Matthews such as population, existing facilities, transportation systems, etc., were provided.* Teams were asked to re-envision the ideal growth for the Town of Matthews with equity in mind. The objective of the competition was to plan a city that struck the right balance between safety, public health and emergency response, mobility, transit, land use, and demographics, all while keeping equity in the forefront. |