Central Connecticut State University Technology Education Department

 

Urban Transportation Renewal Activity 1

 

TASK: Your job is to design and present a plan for a city. You will use wood blocks to represent buildings, and erasable markers for roads.

 

RESOURCES:

 

1. $10,000,000

 

2. An 11" x 17" piece of metal representing your city

 

3. Wood blocks representing buildings:

 

GREEN for homes

GOLD for businesses (like stores)

ORANGE for industries (like factories)

 

4. Erasable markers representing roads, train tracks, and bike paths:

 

GREEN for bike paths

RED for car roads

BLACK for bus roads

BLUE for train tracks

 

5. Yellow or orange markers representing park land blue wooden blocks representing public buildings.

 

 

  

CONSTRAINTS:

 

1.   Your city must contain a minimum number of buildings:

 

Homes for at least 100 people

15 businesses

3 industries

 

FOUR people can live in each GREEN home

Each GOLD building can hold TWO businesses

Each industry must be in its own ORANGE building

 

2.   All buildings must be accessible by motor vehicle, train, or bike:

 

Trains may travel on BLUE train tracks only

Bikes may travel on GREEN bike paths only

Buses or trucks may travel on BLACK bus roads only

Cars may travel on BLACK bus roads or RED car roads only

 

3.   You must save some money for the future.

 

COSTS:    

GREEN home . . . . . $   40,000

GREEN bike paths (per inch) . . . . . $   5,000

GOLD business . . . . . 100,000

RED car roads . . . . . 20,000

ORANGE industry . . . . . 1,000, 000

BLACK bus roads . . . . . 50,000

Park land . . . . . FREE

BLUE train tracks . . . . . 50,000