Ryder Reed's AMST 200 Blog

Riding up the Mountain Ryder Reed 356                 It was a cold October Saturday; leaves littered the ground and there was a slight chill to the air. Having no classes, I decided today would be a great day to go ride some local bike trails. I was right, the air was just cool enough to keep me cool but not cold and there were some beautiful sights to see in the woods. Unfortunately, I failed to gauge the risk and as I was soaring down one of the trails, I hit a large pile of leaves going around a turn. Suddenly having no grip, I was unable to make the turn and instead went flying down the hill, slamming my face into the ground, splitting it wide open and breaking my nose. Luckily there was someone to help and shortly enough I was in the hospital getting stitches. However, that moment had instilled a fear in me that wasn’t present before. A fear that would only grow as time passed. I needed to get back out there if I ever wanted to continue riding, but I couldn’t do it all at once.

                When we think of the space race, we think of a time when Russia and The United States were mortal enemies trying to exert dominance over each other while citizens lived in fear of a possible nuclear war. At the same time, we also think of the patriotism that comes with it, the uniting excitement and triumph of landing on the moon. Unfortunately, since that period we have yet to go back. Artemis 1 is NASA’s first step in an attempt to recapture the glory. Its just a test of a new rocket and yet I think it has captured that glory already. As I watched the live stream of the rocket launch, they showed the crowds, massive gatherings of people there out in the cold before the break of dawn all waiting patiently for the start of America’s journey back to the moon. You would think that the launch of the largest rocket in history would dominate the sound, silencing everything else, but instead it was dominated by the cheers of people. In that moment those crowds were all unit

  Theme: Cities are built for cars and not people Texts: Building Better Cities – Talks about how cities can be built for the community Reshaping Of City Cores | Forbes – Talks about moving away from the car-centric structure of cities Cities Without People | Jacob Geller | Youtube – Talks about cars mark on the planet and how it affects our cities Building Cities for People   - Talks about building walk-able cities and restructuring to create community beauty From "Walking Cities" to "Automobile Cities"   Assignment: Compare and contrast how you perceive a driver/car while you are a pedestrian and vice versus. Discuss with peers and then write about why there is a divide or not? How can the divide be mitigated/improved upon if so?   Rationale: I believe that this is an important theme because the structure of cities plays a large role in how Americans live their lives and how they can experience their community. When a city is built around