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LOOP City is also planned to be cutting-edge in its green practices. In an article in eVolo magazine, Dennis Lynch wrote:

Perhaps more important to the overall growth of one of the world’s greenest cities is the opportunity the LOOP City concept provides for the implementation and integration of sustainable technologies that until now have not been employed on such a massive scale or in such close concert with one another. BIG incorporates into the LOOP City technologies from pneumatic waste collection pipe systems to integrated bike infrastructure to promote health and sustainability.15

In moving into a future of better transportation infrastructure, it’s also important to make sure the infrastructure can withstand extreme weather. With ever-increasing environmental threats, transportation infrastructure must be able to withstand all forms of potential natural disasters, and should offer spaces for people to be protected from the elements if need be. Alex Karner, an assistant professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech, told me, “Creating refuges for commuters, such as heated bus shelters or cooling stations, will be crucial, as will shelters in areas with more spread-out populations.”