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Traffic Rebellion

Taylor Seamount
Illustration CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Horizontal Infrastructure City Transport Train Trees
Traffic Rebellion
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Taylor Seamount
I’m a solarpunk landscape painter imagining regenerative futures for my community in Santa Cruz, CA, USA. (she/they)

On the left is a plein air painting of evening traffic as viewed from the Morrissey Blvd overpass. On the right is a speculative repaint of our future society. Shown is the Hwy 1 High Speed Rail at the center divider beside a transfer station to the prolific local bus line. A line of native trees divides the road from the rail. Through trial and error the community has settled on a permit system allowing only occupational trucks to use the roads with the busses. Vehicles are adorned with murals by local artists instead of ads.