Sunday reading 21 January 2018
Welcome back to Sunday Reading.
Housing is on my Sunday Reading agenda for 2018. Here’s an epic article covering a new bill filed in California by State Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco. Wiener proposes a blanket upzoning of transit-adjacent properties across the state.…
18 Comments Sunday reading 31 December 2017
Welcome back to the last Sunday Reading of the year. In case you missed it, Matt wrapped up the 2017 year with great posts: Part 1 Transit, Part 2 Walking and Cycling, and Part 3 Roads.
Artist’s impression of the interchange between the North Cross Route and M1 at Kilburn.…
Fixing Shortland Street
Fixing Shortland Street is something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. The issue came up again when my daughter came to visit me at work nearby. She can confidently get around the city by bus and cross awful streets like Dominion Road at Balmoral, but after lunch on Fort Street I asked her not to use the Jean Batten/High Street crossing, but instead go via Queen Street.…
Watch: Rotterdam, A Post-War Central City Moves Beyond the Automobile
Here’s a great new video documenting the progress that Rotterdam is making to become a nicer, more productive place. The city is rapidly expanding and improving it’s cycle network. Currently bicycle mode share is *only* 20%. They are also extending their light rail network and have a magnificent new central rail station with parking for 5,000 bikes.…
Sunday reading 10 December 2017
Welcome back to Sunday reading! Here’s a neat post with detailed drawings highlighting the differences between Amsterdam and Copenhagen’s cycleways. It concludes with an appropriate dig on the designs in the UK. Amsterdam vs Copenhagen (part 2), “Amsterdam vs Copenhagen (part 2)“, Nicer cities, liveable places.…
Sunday reading 19 November 2017
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. The City of Toronto recently launched this “pilot project” creating a transit street on King Street. Before, streetcars were mired in traffic.The pilot project pulls most of the traffic out of the corridor by removing through traffic.…
City Boulevard, ’t Goylaan, Utrecht
Hey everyone, I’ve seen the future of transportation in cities and it has nothing to do with driverless cars, connected vehicles or other unproven technology. Instead, it consists of streets that are great places to live, cycle, and walk. The transportation future we want looks like Utrecht.…
Sunday reading 29 October 2017
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here are articles and media we’ve collected over the last week. Please add your links in the comments below.
Here’s a great interview with author Peter Walker on the unintended consequences of the cycle helmet law.…
Sunday reading 1 October 2017
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here are a bunch of interesting things I came across this week and some recommendations from the GA team. From Paris to New York, we’ve matched metro maps against versions that only include fully accessible stations.…
Sunday reading 17 September 2017
Welcome back to Sunday Reading. Here are a few of the interesting things that came across my desk this week.
The San Francisco Bay Area housing market is now so munted that it may be contributing to an exodus – “Job losses jolt Bay Area, South Bay, San Francisco“.…
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