#built-environment

#built-environment

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Dr. Lawrence Frank to talk about how the built environment and the way we get around connect to public health outcomes. We also discuss the work that led to Walk Score, the shortcomings of transportation cost benefit analysis, and the systematic externalization of health benefits. Once again, at Streetsblog, we give you three ways to connect to the spirited discussions of Talking Headways:

To understand how artificial intelligence is starting to shape the built environment, look at the ceiling inside Mt. Hope Elementary School in Lansing, Michigan. There, running across the tops of classrooms and hallways are thousands of feet of exposed metal electrical conduit-the tubing that holds the electrical guts of the building.