San Francisco

Moving Russia's Capital

Name: Moving Russia's Capital
Start: 2012-11-20T20:30:00
End: 2012-11-20T20:30:00
Location: SPUR Urban Center

Lunchtime Forum

12:30 p.m. | Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Image credit: Flickr user Chris Guy

Vladimir Putin wants to move Russia’s capital to the far-flung suburbs of Moscow, and the city has sponsored a competition to develop the grand plan. Will moving out 100,000 government jobs help make the center of the city more livable and less traffic-choked, or, as many Muscovites believe, is this an unaffordable, anti-urban disaster? Jeffrey Tumlin of Nelson\Nygaard, transportation lead for the UK-North American Urban Design Associates team, will present the latest results plus inside gossip.

Location

SPUR Urban Center

654 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Admission

Free to members
$10 for non-members
Okay to bring lunch

Refund Policy

Sponsorship payments: Will not be refunded, as sponsorship benefits take effect immediately and are on-going through the date of the event.

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