As the world’s cities get smarter about accommodating cyclists, implementing some of the concepts discussed in Part 1 of Alice Phillips’ post, new people will likely climb aboard, eager to seek cycling’s promised benefits. Are you cycling yet? Cycling in London is having a moment. In 2012, the much-lauded “Boris Bikes” cycle share scheme coupled […]
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Cycling provides numerous benefits to cities, but in London, fear of the roads remains one of the largest deterrents to new cyclists. In part one of a two part series, Alice Phillips takes to the mean streets and offers some thoughts on how to break the cycle of fear.
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I must say, I’m a bit concerned and disappointed about the lack of current comprehensive thinking about LAX and its relationship to LA as a whole. While the recent unveiling of the LAX Northside Plan Update, the LAX SPAS Draft EIR open house/public meetings, and the plans metro has developed for extension of light rail […]
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A first-time commuter’s experiences with public transportation in car-obsessed Dallas.
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GREAT design, the management expert Gary Hamel once said, is like Justice Potter Stewart’s famous definition of pornography — you know it when you see it. You want it, too: brain scan studies reveal that the sight of an attractive product can trigger the part of the motor cerebellum that governs hand movement. Instinctively, we reach out […]
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The branding of cities today is playing important roles in the regeneration of many of our forgotten downtowns. This isn’t just a matter of telling people that all is well, that the dark days are over. Young people are flocking back to downtown areas in spite of, or maybe because of, their shortcomings. Suburban blandness […]
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Last month, we announced the opening of our newest office in São Paulo, Brazil. Before leaving to set up operations in South America, RTKL’s Camila Simas discussed why she’s looking forward to relocating to Brazil, what she’ll miss most about London and gave us a glimpse of her life outside the RTKL walls.
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The future of sustainability rests with large collaborative networks, rather than lone visionaries.
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The branding of cities … it’s an interesting idea that’s been getting a lot of play lately. In my role as a brand strategist for RTKL, I hear a buzz. From clever slogans (Omaha’s “Rare. Well Done.”) to proprietary apps (I AMsterdam), cities the world over are embracing their identities and communicating them in sophisticated […]
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Like many pedestrian environments, the waterfront community of Fells Point, Baltimore, where RTKL’s headquarter office is located, is patrolled by police on Segway-style vertical scooters. I know this because while I recently window-shopped during a warm January lunch break, I was almost run over by one. I never heard the vehicle come up behind me […]
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