Over the last century, Canadian cities have been designed to accommodate the automobile. So, how do we redesign them to benefit people?
Tag: cities
Short Film: IN A CITY [Video]
“In a City” takes an intimate look at the cities we live in by the simple and solitary act of walking through them.
Book Review: Urban Acupuncture by Jaime Lerner
In Urban Acupuncture, Jaime Lerner outlines a method for initiating urban change through small, innovative interventions that target a specific challenge.
How to Improve City Life [Video]
A group of journalists, professors, and non-profit leaders to predict the future of livable, walkable city life.
IBM’s Predictions and the Future of Cities
While all 5 of IBM’s predictions are intriguing, two stood out as having a direct impact on the future of cities.
Jane Jacobs on Visual Order, Art & Life [Weekend Watch]
A short reading from The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs.
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.
Weekend Watch: One Day of Transit
Videos highlighting the relative transit activity on a weekday (from 4am to 4am) in selected cities.
Weekend Watch: A New SimCity is Coming
The newest version of SimCity retains most of the game’s previous elements while bringing a whole new level of complexity.
Weekend Watch: Paint, Planters, People
A look at three simple ingredients to designing an all ages bicycle route: once you lay down the paint and planters, the people will come.