How Redlining Has Shaped Our Cities and Increased the Racial Divide in America Webinar
Wednesday, February 24 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
In this webinar, Beth Johnson will present the history of redlining, the practice in which maps made by federal government entities in the 1930’s and 1940s outlined in red the neighborhoods that were considered hazardous to offer lending. We will look at how redlining has led to decades of disinvestment in neighborhoods of color. Sean Suder, esq will discuss the continued implications of redlining in our cities and how it has manifested into current land use policy.
This Webinar has been approved for 1.0 AIA HSW CEU
Presenters
Beth Johnson, Cincinnati Urban Conservator since 2016, is a leader in historic preservation planning in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky, with experience in guiding investment in historic buildings to create vibrant neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Covington and as far as San Antonio and Austin, Texas.
Sean Suder received his Bachelor of Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served nearly four years as the City of Cincinnati’s chief land use attorney, became a partner in a top commercial real estate and land use practice, before forming his own law firm which provides quality commercial real estate, zoning, land use, and public law counsel extending beyond Ohio to Indiana, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., where he is licensed to practice.
Webinar: How Autonomous Cars Will Reshape Our Cities
Autonomous cars are coming. What was once a futuristic concept, often associated with pop culture films like Minority Report, is not only possible, but is coming very soon to a roadway near you. Autonomous cars are precisely what the term “disruptive technology” describes. It is technology that will fundamentally change much of what we know about personal transportation – changing our habits, our preferences, and our opportunities, and nothing will be more impacted by these changes than our cities.
This technology is not only being rapidly developed, it is being defined by the largest and most influential corporations in the world. Much-publicized efforts by Google have already resulted in over 1 million self-driven test miles in California, with recent expansion to Texas. Subsequently, Apple Inc., numerous car manufacturers, and leading automotive technology companies have joined in the accelerating efforts to refine this technology and bring it to market. Most recently, Uber has set up its own dedicated lab to create a fleet of driverless vehicles, creating a stir in the industry by hiring over 40 top robotics researchers from a competing lab at Carnegie Mellon to jump start their process. Manufacturers such as Tesla have already implemented “autopilot” technology in vehicles, which is seen as a significant step toward introducing consumer autonomous technology.
As city planners, we must be on the forefront of understanding this technology and how we can prepare for the potential impacts. Our research team is concerned by the general lack of acceptance and understanding that we’ve encountered among planning professionals regarding the near-certain implementation of this technology. In response, we will outline the issue in the context of the planning profession, including the following topics:
- Disruptive Urban Technologies – a brief history
- Technology Today – where we are now (already pretty far along, by the way!) and what the next few years are likely to hold
- Potential Adoption Trends – who, what, and where
- Local and Regional Impacts for Planning – case studies of potential impacts ranging from regional transportation networks to site-specific urban neighborhoods
This presentation will include modeled scenarios for potential impacts to roadway networks, neighborhood development, and site design. Specific planning tasks such as comprehensive planning and zoning code revisions will be discussed as well, as they will be instrumental in preparing for -and adapting to- this emerging technology.
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