citylife

Where scrappy Berlin shines as the A+ example

This is pretty fascinating in that the speaker studied traditional architecture such as gothic vaulted arched ceilings and applied the traditional masonry and construction techniques to concrete. With the use of arched construction you’re able to use proportionally much less concrete to create similarly sized structures and...

The results were not what I expected, definitely worth a watch. (From the youtube channel Oh The Urbanity)

[…]there’s a hero waiting in the wings: the e-cargo bike. Not only can these bad boys deliver packages in urban environments just as quickly (and sometimes faster) than delivery vans, they take up far less space and are much less likely to cause pedestrian deaths. Companies like Amazon, DHL, and UPS are using them in several...

(I’m not sure how to delete the video’s youtube sponsorship spiel, sorry)

Bike share China. To be honest, I’m amazed it hasn’t failed. They’ve managed to go from a China bike pro, to China bike funny, to China bike fail, to China bike graveyard…or as I call them, bike pools. The failed launch of China’s insane number of bike share companies started out being great for customers. However it...

"Bike theft isn't just a nuisance. It's a serious problem plaguing almost every city in the world, and it stifles bike-friendliness, discourages people from riding, fuels crime and undermines our sense of community. Yet almost no cities are doing anything to seriously tackle the problem. "...

Traffic sucks... the solution might not be what you think though....

Game changer just dropped!