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The harsh realities of the transportation system currently in place—a cramped roadway, meager city bus service, and a still-growing shuttle system—have kept faculty and planners buzzing with ideas that range from the practical to the whimsical.
People-movers are one option discussed by planners from a University-hired transportation firm called Arup, according to Dennis F. Thompson, the senior advisor to the president who heads the Allston planning committee.
Another plus for the moving sidewalks: planners say that, unlike waiting for a ride on a bus or a train, climbing onto a moving sidewalk could help people feel in control of their movement.
Harvard tried to avoid controversy by keeping the proposal under wraps. “He was intentionally hired to get University planners to think outside the box,” explains Spiegelman of Koolhaas. “But he did it in a way that we felt might be misunderstood...
While the fantasies of professors and planners have fueled much discussion in recent committee meetings, concrete plans and pragmatic approaches have so far proved elusive.