Posts Tagged ‘urban design’
Tonight: How New Urbanism Advances Mobility and Safety Goals
This is a “must-see” event for fans of the blog. Eric Dumbaugh will be making the transportation engineer’s case for New Urbanism, backed by loads of useful data and case studies. I’ll be introducing the speaker, and I’ll be hanging around a while afterward in case anyone wants to chat.
Comparing Interfaces: Real Urbanism versus Immitation Urbanism
Today we’re going to take a look at some of the residential infill development that has taken place in Midtown, and see what a difference good interface can make. If you haven’t read the background material on this one, here’s a quick summary. Interface is the connection between public and private space. It’s the street, [...]
Worthy Reading
I’ve got two articles worth sharing today. The first is a great post from Keep Houston Houston (thanks to Mike Snyder for pointing this one out to me). In it, KHH explains very clearly one of the problems with city-building: cities are not designed, they are grown. Because cities are alive they are naturally changing [...]