Myth: Commuting takes longer than the bus ‪#‎Aukland‬ transit ad @PortGroup @AklTransport

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From FastCoDesign.com —The Car As You Know It Is Dead

The tech world has been abuzz about the developments of the self-driving car, visions that are supplanting the earlier visions that would have filled the sky with flying cars. But beyond the hype and the promise, how will autonomous vehicles--and their accompanying technologies--really enter our lives? Read more: The Car As You Know It Is Dead | Co.Design | business + design

"Driving across the country is a joy; driving to work is folly." @VishaanNYC

"Driving across the country is a joy; driving to work is folly." @SkyMuseum book-talk with @VishaanNYC here http://t.co/Gncljb9og6
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Jennifer Bradley & Bruce Katz; Vishaan Chakrabarti; Presidential Libraries on @CharlieRose: http://t.co/mxkBFIrFlw @VishaanNYC
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Science degrees in traffic engineering a “fraud upon students and upon the public” — Jane Jacobs

Science degrees in traffic engineering a “fraud upon students and upon the pubic” —Jane Jacobs Dark Age Ahead @BrentToderian @TODUrbanWORKS
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From vibrantvictoria.ca — Dockside Green Mega-Project Goes Back to the Drawing Board

The 15-acre Dockside Green development in Victoria’s Vic West neighbourhood remains idle nearly 5 years after the second of multiple phases was completed in 2009.

Midway through the previous decade when Dockside Green initially got off the ground then-development partner Windmill West, hand-in-hand with current owner VanCity Credit Union, anticipated full build-out of the 1.3-million square meter LEED® Platinum Certified mixed-use mega-project by 2015 with some 2,500 residents calling the neighbourhood home.

Despite global publicity for its bold plans to build the “greenest” development anywhere in the world and the rapid pace of construction early on, Dockside Green lost its momentum shortly after the economic collapse of 2008 and unlike other projects in the region, never recovered. More at: Dockside Green mega-project goes back to the drawing board

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From University of Oregon — Planning, Public Policy and Management Rethinking Streets

Four faculty members and students from A&AA have collaborated on a book about transforming streets that were originally designed more to accommodate motor vehicles rather than pedestrians and bicyclists. Rethinking Streets: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Complete Street Transformations, documents twenty-five case studies from around the country that helped facilitate more walking, biking, and transit use while enhancing commercial activity, with minimal to no negative impact on automobile access. The book was released December 2013. More at: Book simplifies street redesigns | Planning, Public Policy and Management