Friday Five: August 7-13

Five article that  I think you’ll enjoy:

Image: Amy Casey, Courtesy of Zg Gallery, Chicago (via NYT)

• Home for Life. Allison Arieff takes a look how resale value has hijacked home design, and how the real estate meltdown may allow us to again think of our houses not as investments but as homes. (NYT Opinionator Blog)

• What Would Get Americans Biking to Work? How decent bike parking could revolutionize American cities. (Slate)

• Economic development gets sustainable. Evidence shows we’re rapidly evolving toward sustainable economic development as the norm (Cooltown Studios)

• How much do you spend on transport? A new application gives homebuyers and renters a more realistic picture of what it costs to live in auto-dependent neighborhoods. (Grist)

• Spontaneous order on the road. What happened when a small town in Britain turned its traffic lights off (video below). (Marginal Revolution)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0meiActlU

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