1. Succesfull walkable cities as well as cities that are succeeding in terms of moving towards being more walkable. To make Kuwait City(downtown) more walkable.2. Problems: Weather, People are heavily reliant on cars, Unsafe streets for pedestrian movement. Kuwait city was not designed for pedestrians, and hopefully after researching I can come up with ways to increase walkability. Opportunity: darwazat al abdul razak(search) Which is a tunnel system connecting pedestrians underground to 4 differnet streets or areas. It could be used as a tool to be studied and also expanded on since it deals with the weather issue being underground.3. Because downtown Kuwait city is currently the hub and heart of Kuwait, its booming with offices, retail, restaurants, urban projects and many more, I want it to flourish and expand what I think should be the main form of transportation in the future: walking. I personally go there on a daily basis and some days I want to make by foot because everything is in proximity of each other. Because its a small space traffic can get very heavy and parking is hard to find.4. Im proposing a new way of life and transportation for Kuwaitis. Since walking in Kuwait is rare I believe if its done correctly it will only be a benefit to us and the country. Questions : How to lay a pedestrian base for a dry and very hot country? Will people use it? Will it be sufficient in Kuwait City? Will the city oppose or agree with it?5. I will focus more on establishing a point A to B pedestrian foundation in order to understand the challenges, if its going to work out, and if it does expanding it further. I am going to choose AlShaheed Park, a new and extensive urban park that sits in the beginning of downtown. I will explore, research, and lay pedestrian foundation between Al Shaheed Park and AlMubarakiya (a historical, cultural souq and on of Kuwaits main areas). Using point A to B will help look at the bigger image and test it out inorder to understand how it will work on a larger scale.6. Safety, Vegetation, and creating comfortable walking paths. Why? (https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2012/12/10-techniques-making-cities-more-walkable/4047/)I have attached the assignment sheet for the essay, as well as my proposal for this project and finally another assignment for the class where I noted what I want to research and do this project etc.
