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Ariel Ben-Amos

Adjunct Faculty, Department of City and Regional Planning Policy and Partnerships Group Supervisor, Philadelphia Water Department Founder, StreetBoxPHL
School of Arts & Sciences
Urban Studies

Ariel Ben-Amos, is a City Planner, Researcher, and Advocate with over two decades worth of experience in community and program development, as well infrastructure planning and implementation.  A. Ben-Amos’s research focuses on the intersection of people, place, and infrastructure, and the political and organisational factors that mediate multi-modal investments and initiatives.  Ariel’s advocacy focuses on empowering communities to steward public places in the ROW. His courses have explored Green Stormwater Infrastructure investments along legacy infrastructure, sustainability policy implementation processes, and how cities adapt to changing modal needs. Ben-Amos has contributed to numerous Design Manuals (NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice, etc.) and has been published in Transportation Research Record, the State of Transportation Planning 2020, and the Philadelphia Independent.

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