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From Marie de Medici to Simone de Beauvoir, from Descartes to Derrida – well, of course we’re talking about the design of Paris’s great parks, public spaces and promenades. This four-century scan looks at how Paris has evolved in its use of pubic space, from passive to active, and [...]
In Price Tags 101 - on the Paris bike-sharing system known as Velib’ - I wondered what patterns would emerge, given that the system collects real-time data every time a bike is used.
Well, here’s the answer:
This is an animation of the Velib’ system for a full day (February 10th) based on the number of bikes available [...]
One thought/suggestion to use in a discussion with someone that says “if we can put a man on the moon, we can come up with a replacement for oil.”
You can take energy and make anything, but you can’t take anything and make energy.
Fossil Fuels + Man’s ingenuity = Man on the Moon
Man’s inguenity - Fossil [...]
I sit on the board of the Sightline Institute, so I’m always pleased to see the Seattle-based organization get good coverage in Lower Mainland media. The release of their report on compact urban form in the region certainly did that, as evidenced by Jeff Nagel’s piece in the Surrey North Delta Leader.
The best part of [...]
Triangle West is Coal Harbour Slopes - the blocks above farthest West Hastings Street, from Thurlow to the pointy end, where Pender and Georgia meet. As an emerging neighbourhood, just starting to fill up, it’s at the stage where Yaletown and Concord Pacific Place were about 1998.
Among all the downtown neighbourhoods, its towers are the tallest, the thinnest, the sleekest:
It treats [...]
Next up: London
We’ve already seen the massive success of urban bike sharing in Paris, but now the super-smart Velib Bike program is taking to the streets of London! 15,000 bikes, 1,000 stations and more than 7.5 million miles of combined biking later have already been implemented in London, and the new scheme will contribute £75 [...]
Brisbane looks set to become the first Australian capital city to join several European centres in introducing a public bike hire scheme, with the city’s council launching a call for proposals for the project at the weekend. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the scheme would be similar to the Paris and Barcelona models.
There’ll be [...]
Mark Latham has launched a “Vancouver Voters’ Guide Blogging Contest” in which Vancouverites are invited to vote on a real-time on-line ranking of blogs. Through this ballot, Mark hopes he can encourage bloggers to create helpful guides to Vancouver 2008 election issues and candidates.
Price Tags is included - not that I’m trying to influence your vote. Oh [...]
After you’ve checked out this Price Tags on Abu Dhabi, in which consulting planner Larry Beasley explains the process and rationale for Abu Dhabi 2030, then click through to this video - which is simply the best damn animation of a vision you’ve ever likely seen.
It’s by Squint/Opera.
Paul Krugman, in his New York Times column, comes to the conclusion that …
… if we’re heading for a prolonged era of scarce, expensive oil, Americans will face increasingly strong incentives to start living like Europeans, maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of our lives.
Gasp, you mean like [...]
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