Kind of Wonderful
"Don't get on!" says the other driver to the passengers. She's brought me her bus at the end of her shift, for me to...
So Many Lives
The faces you see, glancingly, across the years, are living full and storied lives of their own. Nearly three years ago I wrote: A...
The once and future street, and how it defines us
A week’s residency in Glasgow, Scotland returns a 2011 essay to the forefront, and its message: In the post-freeway world, recall the important, organic...
ICYMI: New York City Implements ‘Vision Zero’
Last week, New York City's citywide standard speed limit dropped from 30 mph to 25 mph under a policy dubbed "Vision Zero". About 95%...
Housing, politics and a basic pride of place
Fifth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France.
What do the politics of urban housing have to do with a seasonal...
Not an Impulse
Triangle Park, across from the Frye--the very same "it's-not-the-Frye-unless-there's-an-ambulance-out-front"--right in the heart of upper Pioneer Square, is not known for harboring commuters with an...
12 Photos from Iceland: Streets Done Right
Iceland takes pride in robust and modern street infrastructure techniques. To anyone who has been to Europe or elsewhere abroad, much of this will...
Tweet of the Week: Lunchtime Streets
San Francisco is putting many of its smaller streets to better use with a people-focus. As you can see from Will's tweet, San Francisco...