Complete Street? Check. Waste of Money? Check.

Engineers in Obetz have built a hamster wheel for walkers and cyclists.

Bikeability, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top Story, Transportation, Walkability, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnMarch 1, 2016traffic engineering, STROADS, engineers, page highlight, transportation, streets

The Case for One-Way Streets

We should design our streets in way that allows people to cross safely at their own judgment - since that's what they're going to do anyway. In this regard, one-way streets have their benefits.

Andrew Price, Walkability, #SlowtheCarsAndrew PriceFebruary 11, 2016one-way streets, Hoboken, streets

Unbiased Streets

Would it be possible to design a street that is unbiased towards any specific mode of transportation?

Andrew Price, Urban Design, TransportationAndrew PriceJanuary 20, 2016roads, urban design, streets, transportation

Design Matters (Outdoor Benches)

This bench example is symbolic of a larger problem in the architectural and urban design worlds, which involves the design of buildings and urban elements as sculptural things, designed in ways that overlook human needs for comfort, familiarity, and delight, in favor of their being original, unusual, and unfamiliar, above all else.

Top EvergreenC Fenno HoffmanFebruary 3, 2015public space, streets

Optimizing the Street Grid

Top EvergreenAndrew PriceNovember 27, 2013streets

The STROAD

A STROAD is a street/road hybrid. It's dangerous and unproductive.

Engineering Profession, Misunderstanding Mobility, Roads and Streets, Strategies, #NoNewRoads, #SlowtheCars, Transportation, Urban Design, Walkability, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnMarch 4, 2013STROADS, streets

The Cost of Auto Orientation

We've reconfigured our public spaces to accommodate the automobile. Today we need the humility to acknowledge that our ancestors -- who built in the traditional style -- may have known what they were doing.