School of Planning and Public Affairs
Bondurant - Public Safety Study
Masters of Public Affairs students in the School of Planning and Public Affairs conducted a study to provide decision-making support to Bondurant community leaders as they consider alternatives for public safety and law enforcement services.
![Open House event](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2024-06/Open%20House%20event.png?h=c0f21068&itok=KmqTJxMw)
Dubuque - Alternative Transportation Action Plan
As part of their capstone project, second-year Urban & Regional Planning graduate students created a plan to spur action toward improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Dubuque.
As part of its ambitious sustainability plans, Dubuque seeks to reduce vehicle dependency and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and create/promote accessible and equitable transportation alternatives.
![Bondurant Parks planning team](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2024-05/Picture1.jpg?h=789d0614&itok=xZqCNl9i)
Bondurant - Parks, Trails, and Greenways Master Plan
Urban & Regional Planning and Sustainable Development graduate students developed new Parks, Trails, and Greenways Master Plan that provides comprehensive vision of Bondurant's local park system, recreation facilities, natural resources, and other public open spaces.
![Drawing that shows the key principles of a 15-minute city](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-05/15mincity.jpg?h=57024e64&itok=IXCVvVA-)
Cedar Rapids - 15-Minute Cities: Best Practices and Literature Review
Students in the Transportation Planning Studio will collaborate with the Corridor MPO and City of Cedar Rapids to develop a guidebook that collects the current state of 15-minute city planning efforts, focused on North American examples. The guidebook will pull together information on initiatives currently underway, processes for developing 15-minute city plans, implementation challenges, and analysis techniques.
![A colorful map with the text GIS on top of it.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-04/GIS-mapping-Geographic-information-systems-1030x659.jpg?h=5b7f7b2d&itok=sWEDvv2V)
Mapping Clinton's Municipal Districts in GIS
IISC staff used GIS to convert legal descriptions in the City of Clinton code into GIS shapefiles to aid city staff and developers.