Surprise hopscotch experiment provides joy for pedestrians (video)
Could you walk across a sidewalk hopscotch court and resist the urge to hop?
Environmental carpe diem
Tag: Urban Planning
Green building isn't enough; we need green zoning.
How can cities that have green building codes have zoning bylaws that protect low density single family housing?
It's time to make protected bike lanes and sidewalks part of every road design
Crashes, hit-and-runs, and now terrorism are killing people who walk and bike; it's time to make the streets safe.
By
Lloyd Alter in Walking April 30, 2018
It seems that wherever there is a bike lane, there is a bikelash.
They may get people out of cars and improve safety, but PARKING!
A look at New York City before the cars totally took over
An amazing movie restored and released by MOMA shows a city that's both the same and very different.
Two transportation tragedies show how it is time to put pedestrians first
On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.
By
Lloyd Alter in Walking April 4, 2018
Mikael Colville-Andersen writes the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism
We are not talking about bikes here, we are talking about cities.
Vision Zero is a failure; it’s time to Stop de Kindermoord
Vision Zero has become a meaningless response to continuing tragedy; we have to learn from the Dutch.
By
Lloyd Alter in Cars March 8, 2018
UK may allow "upfilling"- building homes on rooftops
Is this an answer to the problem of affordable housing?
Toronto still in the thrall of the late Rob Ford
It is still a city where cars rule and dead walkers and cyclists are a cost of doing business.
Every person has the right to walk
A new video from Streetfilms makes the point that walking infrastructure needs a lot more attention and investment.
Reduce blood pressure and hypertension with walkable cities
Let's just stop talking about the "last mile problem". It's a feature, not a bug.
Climate change is a disaster for millennials, an inconvenience for the boomers
This is not the defining issue of my generation. But it is of yours.
Does your city pass the popsicle test?
It was developed for North American neighborhoods, but here is a look at big international cities.
Forecasting urban inundation with a sunny day flood of tweets
Researchers combine social media and artificial intelligence to better predict damage from global sea level changes
Snakes invading Bangkok homes, thanks to urban sprawl
The fire department had received 31,801 calls this year for help in removing snakes, three times as many as in 2012.
Vision Zero is tough in North America, when the drivers have the votes
Local politics win over saving lives every time.
By
Lloyd Alter in Cars November 28, 2017
It's not just self-driving cars, it is a whole New Mobility Now
A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.
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