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Category: Urbanism
Posts related to cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.
Jane’s Walk Vancouver is this Weekend!
This weekend citizens in cities around the world—including Vancouver—will lead walking tours of their communities in honour of Jane Jacobs.
The Punisher: A Renegage Bus Driver [Weekend Watch]
This is a compilation of videos taken from the YouTube channel of one Russian bus driver. He often encounters with drivers who don’t respect traffic rules, and uses his bus to teach them a lesson. HT Atlantic Cities
Density Done Well [Weekend Watch]
Brent Toderian Consulting City Planner and Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS discussing the concept of “density done well.”
A Car-Free Life [Weekend Watch]
A short, point-of-view documentary on how a family of four can get from point A to point B by foot, bike, or public transit.
God Created Transit
Diana Lind of Next City has created a brilliant two-minute reposte to the famed Superbowl ad highlighting what’s great about public transit.
Will the City of the Future Work Like a Village of the Past? [Weekend Watch]
At TEDxBoston 2012, Kent Larson discusses new technologies that solve the biggest questions facing our cities and looking at what shape the the city of the future will take.
Urbanism Speakeasy: Urbanism for the non-urbanist
I am honoured to be asked to be the first interviewee for ‘Urbanism Speakeasy” a new podcast by Andy Boenau, an urbanist and transportation engineer.
Urbanism done right in Vancouver’s Olympic Village [Weekend Watch]
Here is a video segment I did on what I love about living in Vancouver’s Olympic Village
Beyond Downtown: Community Planning Symposium on February 8, 2013
The Planning Students Association at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) announce the 5th annual SCARP Student Symposium, which will take place on the UBC Vancouver campus Friday, February 8, 2013. The 2013 Symposium, which aims to bring together planning practitioners, students, business owners, developers, and engaged citizens, will…