Roadways

Improving Public Spaces

Food trucks are all the rage these days. Go-To tools for urban designers, aspiring restaurateurs and festival planners, they are seen as a relatively quick and easy way to activate spaces.[read more]

Urbanism Speakeasy is a podcast with a particular focus on human-scale design. We love streets and places designed for people, regardless of how they happen to travel. No advanced technical degrees or silver spoons required on this show. Our primary goal is to share technical information and trends in ordinary language. The show is...[read more]

Boulder, Colorado

Parking revenues are used as an economic development tool for downtown Boulder, paying for pedestrian and street improvements in the area and helping create a vibrant destination for visitors.[read more]

biking in Rio

Rio de Janeiro, has taken a dynamic approach by using the infrastructure investments made for the World Cup and Olympic to also address some of its major, ongoing infrastructure, environmental, and social issues.[read more]

infill and resuse

There is a coalition in Phoenix that hopes to begin sprawl repair, and even an office within the city to aid in the proliferation of walkable, interesting, and healthy neighborhoods.[read more]

highways and sprawl

The US District Court in Milwaukee has said the Federal Highway Administration and Wisconsin DOT cannot enlarge a freeway connection without further study of the impacts on transit-dependent populations and regional suburban sprawl.[read more]

biking in Melbourne

How we integrate cycling paths into developed cities can be challenging, as cities’ centuries-old built forms are having to be designed to appease the growing population of cyclists.[read more]

pedestrians

In a campaign entitled, “His Majesty, the Pedestrian,” volunteers wearing a crown, or dressed as royalty escorted pedestrians crossing busy intersections in Brasilia.[read more]

crossing...diagonally!

Pedestrians will now be able to cross from one corner to another more quickly during a dedicated traffic phase where all cars have red lights, an improvement for an intersection where walkers now outnumber drivers two to one.[read more]

Bus Rapid Transit

A Bus Rapid Transit system is coming to Washington, DC in the spring of 2014, good news for DC residents, who are currently dealing with the worst traffic in the country.[read more]

car-sharing

Car-sharing is a recent phenomenon in developing countries, only taking root within the last three years. Although there are few car-sharing operators in developing countries, the number of systems is growing.[read more]

bike advocacy in Cincinnati

This year, wheels are spinning as cycling enthusiasts take to the streets of Cincinnati to take advantage of community events and promote cross-collaboration between the city’s many urban cycling groups.[read more]