urban planning
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Google’s Concept for Its Massive San Jose Campus Actually Looks Kinda Neat
Google isn’t exactly a name you associate with urban planning, but newly released renders for its San Jose campus are… pleasantly surprising. Unlike the typical closed-off tech campuses, the Downtown West project looks like an open plan neighbourhood that’s actually part of the city itself.
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Paris Is Giving 50 Per Cent Of Its Legendary Roundabouts Back To People
When you think of Paris, you probably think of narrow, tree-lined streets. But consider some of its most famous monuments: They’re ringed by several lanes of busy vehicular traffic. Now the city is promising at least half of that space will go to pedestrians instead of cars.
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#BlackFridayParking Highlights Just How Much Of The US Is Wasted On Parking Lots
A quick survey of any superstore in the US will show you that Americans devote far too much real estate to the parking of its vehicles. But wait, argue businesses, we need that parking for our customers! Yet even today, on the biggest shopping day of the year, chances are the parking lots near you…
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Boston May Refuse To Bid For The Olympics
In what the AP calls a “hastily called news conference” this morning, Boston mayor Marty Walsh announced that the city will “refuse” to sign its host city contract unless he can be sure taxpayers won’t be paying for cost overruns.