The City & Regional Planning (CRP) Department promotes sustainable and diverse communities within cultural and human systems. The interdisciplinary professional planning education is based on a learn-by-doing approach, community outreach, and applied research to help communities aspire for better, livable places. Since 1968, the program evolved in the College where the planning laboratory (studio) has been the core of the curriculum. The department is proud of the program's strengths in urban design, transportation, land use and environmental planning, and community sustainability./p>
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Senior Projects from 2023
From Greens to General Plans: Reinventing Abandoned Golf Courses, Chloe Carolyn Partain
Morro Bay 2023 Non-Vehicular Circulation Plan, Jeremiah C. Rogers
Thermal Inequity and Planning Practices: Uncovering the Linkages and Creating Equitable Mitigation Strategies, Elia Rosner
Evanescent: Animating Space, Kyle Servando
Investigating Cost-Effective and Time-Efficient Ways to Speed Up Transit, Joe Yin Jo Tam
Plansplaining CEQA: Explaining the Basics of the California Environmental Quality Act, Eric Yu Wang
Planning, Preserving, and Increasing Accessibility: A Reflection on Going “Car-Free”, Abigail J. Weizer
Senior Projects from 2022
A City Planning Card Game, Francisco AlfaroZierten
Spheres Development Package, Nate R. Antepenko, Dan Benaroch, and Dominic Ferrari
Crissy Field Improvement Project, Giselle Huan Beld
Cal Poly Campus Safety: Policy Proposal, Alan Cazares, Phung (Karen) Bich La, and Junhyun Kim
The Tragedy of the Commons: A Podcast Exploring Solutions to the Housing Crisis in California, Delaney Li-Ming Faherty
Hollywood and Gower: A Design Proposal, Oscar Hagen Gake
An Analysis and Application of Pedestrian Streets, Ellie Krantz and Austin Lucero
The Importance of Street Lighting: A Study in San Luis Obispo, Kaitlyn P. Lam
Transportation in US National Parks: Case Studies and Recommendations, Abraham Lamontagne
Shellter Beer Garden: The Redevelopment of an Abandoned Parcel into a Community Gathering Space, Madison Leonard and Lainie Kastner
North Hollywood to Burbank Airport Red Line Extension, Benjamin Lieber, Matthew Hu, and Michael Lo
The Mustang Bridge, Dominic Loreto and Jacob Bulotti
A Redevelopment Plan for Santa Rosa Plaza, Abraham Miranda Roldan and Benjamin K. Ip
A Study of Best Practices to Address Food Deserts in the United States, Hannya M. Moritz
Better Leveraging of Processies and Internal Procedures for Public Forms Used by Planning Departments, William J. Munson
Rekindling the Human Spirit Through Urban Design: Creating Spaces for Joy, Sharon Charlotte Ng
CityEngine as a Tool for Visualizing Neighborhood Change: An Initial Study, Zach Noyes