“Regenerative Suburban Median” designed by Brian Alessi.  From the Reburbia Suburban Design Competition sponsored by dwell magazine and Inhabitat.com.

Create more median strips, and allow gardening there. In San Carlos, we have many overly wide streets like Laurel Street between Oak Street and Spring Street. Those couple of blocks, for example, are a massive, ugly expanse of pavement. In spots like this, we should add wide medians with parks/community gardens. This would enhance pedestrian safety by slowing down cars, and it would make the town much more beautiful.

Here’s a description of how this might be done: Brian Alessi’s “Regenerative Suburban Median”

- Arley Lewis, San Carlos

-Ann and Alan Fleisman