Located on the east end of the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minn., a pedestrian plaza is the focus of a design competition that will completely change how pedestrians and cyclists experience the space.
The internationally recognized Urban Land Institute on Monday unveiled a list of 22 "game-changing" infrastructure projects for the Chicago area that includes 10 in Northwest Indiana.
Officials from the City of Hammond, Indiana, and the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) celebrated completion of the Wolf Lake Festival Pavilion as part of the opening ceremonies for Hammond's annual midsummer Festival of the Lakes.
SEH director of Planning and Urban Design, Bob Kost, RLA, AICP and Gus Blumer, RLA, recently became Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professionals.
Today's circular intersections, known as roundabouts, are a growing trend in the United States. Engineers and urban designers opt for roundabouts when possible to take advantage of their yield-at-entry safety component and their ability to keep ever-increasing traffic on the move.
Placing a roundabout in the middle of a historic neighborhood or designing a bridge to connect a nature preserve to a downtown area undergoing revitalization may present a host of challenges or opportunities, depending upon who you talk to and when.
