Today, my wife and I will be hopping on a flight to Copenhagen to spend two months+ working from Copenhagen and meeting with and learning from the Danes.
Mexico City’s metropolitan area is home to 22 million people and is as energetic and chaotic as you can imagine. With such a concentration of people, ideas, and economic activity, it has become one of the great cultural, business, and transportation nodes of the globe. From its days as one of the world’s smoggiest locales, the city (also known as “the D.F.” or “distrito federal”) has come a long way in some of its transportation decisions, but has much work ahead of it to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors alike. Continue reading…
Travelling to international cities is a fantastic way to experience different urban environments.
Recently, I had the fortune to visit both Oaxaca and Mexico City where I took in as much as I could in terms of urban planning and transportation. Both locales have an incredibly vibrant and colourful street culture and face massive challenges—particularly Mexico City—with regard to auto congestion.
But we can learn a lot from Oaxaca and Mexico City as they nail a number of fundamentals in “good urbanism” and are home to some really innovative programs and ideas. Continue reading…
“How are you going to get there?”—“Let me check my phone.”
Between walk, bike, bus and rapid transit, car/bike/ride share, car rental, Uber, and taxis, transportation is now a service and consumer choice has redefined how many get around. Continue reading…
If you ever need a good news story about the future of renewable energy and low-carbon transportation then look to the past. Continue reading…
Kofi Annan said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” If that’s the case, then why don’t we have accessible and highly visible information on transportation safety in cities? If we only knew the true health and safety costs, wouldn’t we make better decisions on transportation infrastructure and policy? I propose public injury and fatality counters along major transportation routes to make the point. Continue reading…
Cities are home to an increasing number of transportation options that are changing how we get around. While these modes aren’t necessarily new, their increasing popularity is allowing for the rise of an interconnected transportation network that’s economical, healthy, and low-carbon.