The Road
Complete Streets
15-Minute Cities
Composition
ELA Moves
100

These provide protection from the elements at a transit stop

Bus Shelter

100

Active Transportation =

People Powered

100

Define what a 15-minute city is

A city where locals are able to access all of their basic essentials at distances that would not take more than 15 minutes by foot or by bicycle

100

Name at least one photo orientation.

  • Vertical

  • Horizontal 

100

What kind of art does Public Matters practice?

Socially engaged art

200

Projects may include any combination of housing, office, retail, medical, recreational, commercial or industrial components

Mixed-use

200

Transportation =

Opportunity

200

Name 3 basic essentials that should be within a 15-minute city

  • School

  • Workplace

  • Eat

  • Shop

  • Healthcare

  • Living space  

200

What is the rule of thirds?

 A grid that breaks up the frame into thirds horizontally and vertically. These grids can help you create focus and guide the viewer's eyes.

200

Name 1 marketing material that has been produced for East LA Moves Campaign

  • Bus shelter posters

  • Calendars

  • TBA: Pennants

300

What is the approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enables safe access for all people who use them, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities.

Complete Streets

300

Name at least one of the benefits to a 15-Minute City

  • Sustainability–fewer cars, pollutants, better for the climate 

  • Safety: streets are more vibrant, active, more social interactions occur and people feel safer–streets are for everyone not just for cars 

  • Promotes active transportation and public transit

  • Accessibility–what you need is within easy reach for everyone 

  • Improves quality of life and sense of place/belonging 

300

What is the term for the placement of visual elements/subject, in this case within the frame. 

Composition

300

Name one way that East LA Moves will meet its goals

  • Teaching and training young active transportation advocates and leaders

  • Rooting our work in the people, practices, places of East LA

  • Connecting active transportation with East LA’s culture and existing opportunity 

400

These are permanent or temporary posts or objects that protect pedestrians from vehicles by creating a buffer from the roadway

Bollards

400

What is a synonym for Complete Streets?

Multi-modal

400

Name 3 examples of 15 minute cities from around the world

  • Singapore

  • New York

  • Barcelona

  • Netherlands

400

Name at least one of the rules of composition

  • Rule of thirds

  • Orientation

  • Perspective/ Point of view (POV)

400

What is the goal of East LA Moves

Build a culture of support for active transportation in East LA

500

Chicano communities use elements of "hybridization, juxtaposition, and integration" as a means of empowerment and resistance: "make the most from the least.

Rasquachismo

500

Name 3 elements that complete streets typically include

  • Sidewalks

  • Bicycle lanes

  • Transit stops

  • Appropriate street widths and speeds

500

Name at least two principles of 15-minute cities. 

  • Ecology: green and sustainable

  • Proximity: to live with reduced distance to other activities

  • Solidarity: create links between people

  • Participation: actively involve citizens in the transformation of their neighborhood

500

 What are the five Perspective/ Point of view (POV)

  • Low angle shot 

  • High angle shot/Birds every view

  • Wide 

  • Medium

  • Close up

500

What is Public Matters?

A creative studio for civic engagement