Camp Week 08: Transportation / Integrate Rather Than Segregate

Campers will explore the issues surrounding our current urban planning models in our country today and the need for developments to be designed around humans than cars. They will be challenged to explore their own access to essential services within their community and to come up with solutions to current issues and threats to accessibility. 

Your camper will...

Learn about human centered urban planning, built environment and health

Ideate solution to some of these challenges and craft a pitch

Learn what is needed to get projects off the ground and present their implementation plan

At BAM Virtual Camps, we aim to encourage kids to explore the challenges present and future of transportation in their community and how they can turn those challenges into opportunities. We are aware of the limitations of learning through technology as opposed to the classroom. That’s why we get kids growing gardens because they can then observe directly how systems really work and the BAM coaches help them connect the dots. Our challenges are designed to balance the online learning environment by getting your kid’s hands dirty! 

We do this through individual and group challenges that encourage them to ask deeper questions and get closer to objective truth. Be it through judging online resources, speaking directly with community members and subject matter experts, or observing their backyard or neighborhood through a global lens. Armed with this new knowledge, we further challenge kids to develop innovative solutions to these “wicked problems” and how they can affect change in their community by deploying their solutions at a local level. We provide the activities and guidance to inspire them to develop and explore scalable initiatives and solutions.

Our current model of urban development is not designed around humans. Our ability to easily access important services and businesses is highly dependent on cars and designed to disempower the pedestrian. This model of development is far from efficient and does not facilitate cohesive communities. We need to develop alternative methods of urban planning and development that is beneficial to those who actually interact with the built environment.

 Topics Covered: Multi-Modal Transportation, Human-Centered Urban Planning, Built Environment and Health