105 Planning and Designing Better Communities Saturday, November 11, 2023, Los Angeles residents awoke to news that a fire had forced the closure of a two-mile stretch of one of the city’s vital transit networks—US Interstate 10. At the time of the incident, Dan Walters, of Cal Matters reported, “If any freeway is a cultural icon, it is Interstate 10, which stretches more than 2,460 miles through eight southern tier states, from the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica to the Atlantic in Jacksonville, Florida.” Though the freeway shut-down in LA didn’t impact everyone along US I-10, it did call attention to our dependence on the infrastructure we take for granted, the enormity of this highway, and especially, its vulnerability. “The 10 passes through the region of the country that is on the front lines of demographic, social, economic, and weather change,” said Wellington “Duke” Reiter, who founded Ten Across an initiative that focuses on the US I-10 region as a living laboratory for resilience and innovation. “The geography may vary but we are confronting many of the same challenges.” Having lived in both New Orleans or Phoenix, Reiter noticed that “We’re on the same street, in multiple ways, and the fragility of our respective futures connects us.” The Ten Across initiative is working to unite mayors, federal officials, urban planners, engineers, subject experts, community groups, to address shared concerns and solutions. The group’s conversations center around data and science to address shared challenges, especially in the 12 major cities in the corridor that use smart maps made with GIS technology to understand present conditions and future scenarios. From California to Florida, Maps Help I-10 Cities Solve Common Problems
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