Event Details — Life at the Speed of Rail

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RED STATE RAIL: How should Texas approach mobility amid rapid growth? Could design reveal a new model for public/private partnerships?

Join Van Alen Institute at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in Houston for a presentation of winning entries from the Life at the Speed of Rail competition and a conversation about how design could influence a new American geography.

In addition to winning entries, the event will feature a panel discussion among project advisers and guests:

Sarah Whiting, Rice University
Christopher Hawthorne, LA Times
David Crossley, houston tomorrow
Robert Eury, Central Houston
Martha Murphree, Blueprint Houston
Andrew Colopy, Van Alen Fellow

July 7, 6pm—8pm,
Free

Kelly International Conference Facility
James a. Baker III hall,
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, Texas”