Dedicated to advancing education by conducting research regarding architecture and design within the urban environment, Calgary?s Design Talks Institute (d.talks) has launched a ?Call for Ideas? to ?improve the human aspect of mobility? as part of the d.talks ?2018 Movement? program. The 2018 Movement Call for Ideas seeks ideas on the human connection to place. Using the new Green Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Calgary as a platform for new ideas, the call aims to rethink the present and future of transportation.  Individuals and teams may register for the call before October 31, and the idea submission deadline has been extended to November 18. 
As technology advances continue to transform mobility, considerations of sustainable, economic, inclusive and accessible options for urban living are something not to be considered lightly. Public infrastructure and the systems that we create to facilitate movement within the urban realm are a design responsibility of human concern. What is the relationship between the animate and inanimate as we define how we move" Can our children move freely and we feel that they are safe" How can a person with cognitive challenge get to a transit stop on their own" How do we begin to understand the Indigenous pre-railway history of this landscape" How do we ensure that design reflects and advances an inclusive city" What physical barriers might we shed"
This is an ideas competition aimed at generatin...