Posts about Urban Planning

Can biking lead to a healthier lifestyle and a more resilient city?

It’s not a rhetorical question. I live in a building that is rated with walkscore of 98, a transit score of 100. It’s a block away from the office, so even if I wanted to, it would take me longer to get the car out of the building, drive to the office, and park it […]

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 […]

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.