Stay tuned…

All, Please expect feedback on your case studies next week. They look great. Your projects will also be foregrounded here on the website which will be slightly retuned toward those ends. It’s been a genuine pleasure everyone. My hope is

Stay tuned…

All, Please expect feedback on your case studies next week. They look great. Your projects will also be foregrounded here on the website which will be slightly retuned toward those ends. It’s been a genuine pleasure everyone. My hope is

Jane Jacobs Tribute Tours THIS WEEKEND

From the Municipal Arts Society website: On Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, join thousands of New Yorkers and “take your eyes to the street” for Jane’s Walk NYC – a weekend series of more than 70 FREE guided walks (and bike rides!) throughout New York’s

Jane Jacobs Tribute Tours THIS WEEKEND

From the Municipal Arts Society website: On Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, join thousands of New Yorkers and “take your eyes to the street” for Jane’s Walk NYC – a weekend series of more than 70 FREE guided walks (and bike rides!) throughout New York’s

on postcards I

Check out the following review of Zoe Leonard’s exhibition of 4000 vintage postcards of Niagara Falls at Dia Beacon 2008.  “Postcards are an especially privileged medium for the perpetuation and dissemination of idealized imagery. They are mass-produced, cheap and readily

on postcards I

Check out the following review of Zoe Leonard’s exhibition of 4000 vintage postcards of Niagara Falls at Dia Beacon 2008.  “Postcards are an especially privileged medium for the perpetuation and dissemination of idealized imagery. They are mass-produced, cheap and readily

in-class work session this week

A quick reminder to everyone that Wednesday will be an in-class work session. If you email me a PDF of your draft case study cards by Tuesday at 7pm, I will print and bring them to class for you to

in-class work session this week

A quick reminder to everyone that Wednesday will be an in-class work session. If you email me a PDF of your draft case study cards by Tuesday at 7pm, I will print and bring them to class for you to

Et tu, Bronco?

A review in the WSJ of Eran Ben-Joseph’s “Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking” suggests that Julius Caesar may have invented the parking problem that precipitated congestion pricing and the parking lot.

Et tu, Bronco?

A review in the WSJ of Eran Ben-Joseph’s “Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking” suggests that Julius Caesar may have invented the parking problem that precipitated congestion pricing and the parking lot.

John Cage on Traffic

In my Ideas class this week we are talking about the senses, and one of my students posted this great clip of John Cage talking about traffic: “When I hear traffic, the sound of traffic… I don’t have the feeling

John Cage on Traffic

In my Ideas class this week we are talking about the senses, and one of my students posted this great clip of John Cage talking about traffic: “When I hear traffic, the sound of traffic… I don’t have the feeling

NYTimes on Ped Traffic Managers and the WSJ on More Roads

Two more news items of note: “Steely Traffic Managers Ease a Holland Tunnel Snarl” – This one is interesting, if only because it suggests a single human body standing on the ground is a critical piece of the system required

NYTimes on Ped Traffic Managers and the WSJ on More Roads

Two more news items of note: “Steely Traffic Managers Ease a Holland Tunnel Snarl” – This one is interesting, if only because it suggests a single human body standing on the ground is a critical piece of the system required

Vanderbilt on Walking

Check out Tom Vanderbilt’s latest on walking from Slate. I’ve only had a chance to read part one, but it’s definitely worth a look: “The Crisis in American Walking: How We Got Off the Pedestrian Path” (Slate, 10 April 2012)

Vanderbilt on Walking

Check out Tom Vanderbilt’s latest on walking from Slate. I’ve only had a chance to read part one, but it’s definitely worth a look: “The Crisis in American Walking: How We Got Off the Pedestrian Path” (Slate, 10 April 2012)

High Tech Tickets

Procrastinating the end of semester work I need to get done, I found this gem on Facebook. It seems to relate to this course in several ways–technology, media, controlling traffic flows, the privileging of one type of flow over another (in

High Tech Tickets

Procrastinating the end of semester work I need to get done, I found this gem on Facebook. It seems to relate to this course in several ways–technology, media, controlling traffic flows, the privileging of one type of flow over another (in