A. Rae Smith

Planner + urban designer + registered architect. Really into bikes and warm weather.

[Luke Spray @lukespray]

This isn’t a protest, this is a party.

[Urbanism Next @UrbanismNext]

"The whole world is asking what is the future of work will look like. How can we address our individual health, wellness, business, social and environmental means through an interconnected ecosystem?” – @arae08 on reimagining the future of the workplace. #UNEXT2021

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

#HousingCrisis Context: #CA has a 3.5million home deficit. Why? CA grew 3x population since 1960, when we built 250k housing units per year. Last year? Only 77k. CA is now worst in US for homes percapita. @Scott_Wiener Let's #Reprioritize #Values #Housing #Density #Transit #SB50

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

"#Urbanism as #Amenity: Re-envisioning the Suburban Corporate Campus" Exploring workplace shifts from past to future, #LifelongLearning #KnowledgeWorker
w/ Ralph Zucker @BellWorksNJ, Erin Talkington @RCLCO, Chris Forinash @NelsonNygaard +@arae08 @HOKNetwork
#CNU27 @NewUrbanism

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Off the plane, SFO to SDF, head straight to #Louisville #MainSt for #CNU27 @NewUrbanism... and run into a 2x foamcore model of the Statue of David? Why not? @jmassengale @morrisseydesign #GreatStreets #CompassionateCity

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Best part of @HOKNetwork, according to Bill Hellmuth:
1) Tightly integrated #Planning + #Architecture practice serves #communities, leads cities #forward.
2) Never get bored, capture your own #imagination.
3) Be #bold, take a chance on emerging talent, our #people our strength.

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Check out real world #smartmobility strategies in "Urbanism Next #Inspired Site Design" today at 3:30pm #UrbNext2019 Portland.
Exploring #AutonomousVehicles inclusion in safe, accessible, green, pedestrian + bicycle-oriented public space! @dksassociates @AnkromMoisan @HOKNetwork

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

@rightlegpegged Swoon!

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Studying streets... Green service alleys, ped/bike stripped multi-use paths, chicanes and linear parks #UrbNext2019

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Studying streets... #UrbNext2019

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Change management + new mobility = Complete Streets 2.0.
Transition from travel lanes (#cars), to bike lanes (#people), to #active medians (pickup/drop off, scooter/ebike parking), to high capacity (#transit), to personal mobility lanes (all ages of people!) @altaplanning #NPC19

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

#Planners, are you asking the right question? #Pause, #reframe the conversion: Land development (density) decisions more powerful than transportation (capacity improvements) when #goal is #people accessibility.
#Rethinking #Regional #Mobility
@TedKnowlton @jeffreytumlin #NPC19

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Happy panelists make for happy #NPC19 presentations & happy audiences!
Had fun at #Future of #Workplace, Rise of the Knowledge Worker, #PeopleFirstDesign thanks to @HOKNetwork @ClarionAssoc @Colliers @WeWork @samantharoxas!

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Creating high-performance workplace #environments that #empower #people to #thrive @HOKNetwork.
#Rise of the #Knowledge Worker:
Speaking today, 2:45pm #NPC19 #SanFrancisco w/ Don Elliott https://t.co/Y5kBNkzOBG @ClarionAssoc, @samantharoxas @WeWork, and Andrew Nelson @Colliers

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

#Salesforce has nothing on #PortreroPowerPlant from this vantage... #history + #infrastructure #transforms #energy at the #edge of #SanFrancisco
#NPC2019

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

1,600 ft from Rincon Park to SF's #FerryBuilding Marketplace. 3 typical urban blocks + streets... aka, a 6 minute walk.
#People packed from #Oakland #ferries on a sunny game day, Saturday and eventual #bike nridge to Treasure Island? #SanFrancisco central #waterfront tour #NPC19

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

Protecting our #public #waterfront #industrial #openspace: Connecting assets in a historical #workingwaterfront #environment. Mare Island, steeped in powerful west coast US naval history. #NPC19

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

#Carquinez bridge, river and regional shoreline, #Benecia state park, #MtDiablo views for miles: Things you see on the way to Mare Island... #biketour

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

I'll lean on the the minds of the incredible @DunhamJones and @ryangravel: https://t.co/3iE037lCqW "We can take our mistakes and make of them something beautiful" #infrastructure #walkability #retrofit #urban #aspirations #healthyplaces #planning #urbandesign

[A. Rae Smith @arae08]

What attracts HQs? Quality of Life, Workforce Education, and Access to Transit.
But in vexing game theory, because 'the other guy' does, Mayors support using public tax $$ as incentive despite its widely acknowledged ineffectiveness:
https://t.co/k5rsjNqPn5