This is a concept drawing(to be drawn) for re-configuring Remmington drive in Sunnyvale, ca. (see public poll for four other options)
I live on Plum Ave, which terminates into Remmington. For years I have watched drivers exceeding 25MPH on our street on their way to or from Remmington, where the speed limit is 35MPH. It seems the general public sees Plum as an extension of Remington. I personally would like to see redevelopment that slows down traffic, especially if the plan has to include bikes and pedestrians.
The round-a-bout design is used extensively around the world, especially in Europe. As applied to Remmington I envision the use of round-a-bouts as pedestrian crossings and a meeting space for neighborhood composting operations. The streets are sufficiently wide to accomodate two lanes of traffic, and a one lane, one way, round-a-bout. This intersection design demands slower speeds and that drivers are alert and scanning the whole public scape.

I have spent several weeks at Arcosanti and attended a one week seminar at the Architecture project

I was looking through my 'top pages' report on this site today, and a post about Arcosanti is by far the most visited page. It's pretty interesting because when you search 'arcosanti' on any of the major engines, it's no where near the first page(I actually stopped looking for it, so I don't know what pages it's on), so I'm not sure where 1300+ people have landed on that page from. Anyway, it prompted me to write some more about it. I have been in loose contact with a bunch of Alumni from Arcosanti who want to create a community website for alumni activities and groundswell. We are trying to get back on track with it in time for Paolo Soleri's 90th b-day celebration at Arcosanti this summer.

Check out the Arcosanti Alumni Network site progress and let us know what you think!

Arcosanti is a real construction site north of Phoenix Arizona. It is the product of Paolo Soleri's architectural and societal theory of Arcology. In his philosophy, architecture is society and visa versa.