The most recent issue of Ground magazine, published by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA), focuses on mobility. In it, OALA member, City of Toronto Landscape Architect, and University of Toronto Architecture, Landscape, and Design grad Netami Stuart discusses the growing "complete streets" movement and what it means for communities in Ontario with Ryan Whitney, a researcher with the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT). "It is important for landscape architects to have the knowledge and vocabulary to speak confidently and convincingly about the value of complete streets," writes Stuart. 

The concept of complete streets — streets that are designed for all users, including pedestrians, transit users, and drivers — isn't limited to certain types of streets. Different modes of transportation and different goals, such as ecological restoration, can be incorporated into highway projects as well. In a separate article, Stuart and Daniels alumus Leslie Morton of PMA Architects write about the design of the Windsor-Essex Parkway. "Largely as a result of the meaningful involvement of landscape architects from the earliest stages of its planning, the highway will include 20 kilometres of multi-use trails, 11 green roofs over the parkway, and 300 acres of ecologically restored open space," write Stuart and Morton. "The role of landscape architects in this project is very different from the normal told they play in Ontario highway projects."

If you don't already have an issue of the magazine, you can download a PDF of the latest issue from OALA's website.