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A Curious Intervention.
We go gaga over street art that challenges us to rethink (and re-green) the concrete urban jungle.
Candy Chang: bravo! Keep at it!
Curious followers: got any other creative interventions that inspire a more livable city?
Artist Candy Chang is a new inspiration for me.
(via thecurioscity)
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Joel Johnson’s (on ANIMAL New York) short case for electric bikes. What do you think?
Google video on its commuting experience and programs, both to campus and on it: bus shuttles, cycling, electric vehicles, carpooling, etc.
Via Transportation Nation, with this quote: “That’s pretty much the way it is in the tech sector these days: companies are in a race to outdo each other on bike-friendliness.”
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San Francisco’s latest creative green-space project: mini and mobile “parks.” This LA Times article airs both supporters and opponents (more opponents) and is pretty ambivalent.I think these “parklets” would work best when context is taken into account (as in the second example discussed)—near food trucks, or outdoor performances, or anywhere else where sit-down space is temporarily desired and there’s lots of foot traffic.
The ending of the article is great, and may have given me a new motto:
“‘So many people ask me, “What about your parking?” or “How do you get your car in and out?”’ Jawa said. ‘We could have a lot of really nice things if we weren’t so hellbent on doing things for cars.’”
(via my mom, this lovely woman)
You should, too.
