Cambridge, NY
April 2012
Did I already post this?
n8han: An FRA-Compliant Bike Share Program
The shit has hit the fan with New York’s bike share pricing scheme. Whether or not you understand that bike share is for short trips—and that short trips are something less than 45 minutes or 30 minutes depending on your subscription—there’s no denying that we’re about to launch the most…
Very insightful.
Autolib’ - Paris Car-Share System
When will New York have a modern transportation system?
Answer: Not anytime soon. Secaucus 7 never going to happen. More tunnels under the Hudson River. Maybe in a decade.
Meet Me at the Plaza
A 50-year-old bargain between the city and private developers gave New York hundreds of potentially useful spaces, but it clearly needs revising.
Read this!
Who is public space for? Streets and squares were designed for people, historically for gathering, for walking, for access, for assembly. Yes, they were meant for passage, but what societies proudly use them to demonstrate state control?
Has the world changed so much that authorities now believe the passage of vehicles is their only legitimate purpose?
To whom do the streets belong? Scores of drivers or thousands of protesters? Public citizens, or the public corporations that own surrounding buildings?
photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters via aberjona
Nuit Blanche in Paris is fantastic. I wish New York City would do something like this.
