The street outside our window is typical of relatively major streets in the Amstelveen area. This is Amsterdamseweg, which proceeds north to the Amsterdam border and then turns into Amstelveenseweg. I think it's a common route for travel between the two cities ( Read more... )

"While wealthier people increasingly reduce their car dependency, poor people still aspire to car ownership."

From Citylab: How Low-Income Commuters View CyclingIt almost seems paradoxical, doesn't it? But it makes sense in this time of urban gentrification by Richard Florida's "Creative Class." Relatively wealthy, relatively White folks are ( Read more... )

This. This is so cool! Participatory mapping by children in an Indian slum influences urban planners. How cool is this? (Link from Prof. Harvey Miller of OSU's twitter stream.)http://www.citylab.com/

I'm essentially done with a six page lit review on urban stream daylighting. As much as I've said that I'm not interested in being an urban planner, I actually found the literature engaging. Though I also very much appreciated Sharon Moran's more unusual critical humanities perspective on stream restoration and the White privilege and environmental ( Read more... )