SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Chapter 1: Embedded Values
Key Quote
“The burden and responsibility of making value decisions should not rest with technical professionals. Traffic engineers are incapable of representing the complexity of human experience that needs to be considered in a street design.” — Click to Tweet
Link to Crossing at State Street (Springfield, MA)
State Street and Crossing Area
Video shot prior to Destiny’s death — demonstrates obvious danger
Photos of desire lines at crossing
Additional Materials
Blog and podcast from the night of the crash
Post on engineering values
Ian Lockwood’s cartoons
Obituary for Destiny A. Gonzalez
The tragic death of Destiny Gonzalez was a life-changing moment for Charles Marohn and the Strong Towns movement. How much more so for the people who knew and loved her? In this obituary, we get a glimpse of how Destiny will be remembered by her loved ones. We share it here, humbly, out of respect for the Gonzalez family and in Destiny’s memory.