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Sustainable Urbanism: For a Greener Future

January 21, 2015

Over the last century or so, technology has evolved at a rapid pace, but this ‘progress’ has come at a heavy price. This price is now being paid by Mother Nature, thanks to humanity’s quest for the so-called ‘d...

Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo by @ecstaticist on Flickr.

A City that Runs on Itself

Patrick Condon

May 21, 2014

Economic Development, Featured

This article is part of a series published by The Tyee and authored by professor of landscape architecture Patrick Condon of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, drawing from the book A Conv...

Mumbai Monorail. Photo by dasphoto on Flickr.

What to make of Mumbai’s new Monorail.

Nick Kahn

February 19, 2014

Transportation

Monorail. The mere mention of that word provokes a myriad of emotions. For some, it is a cool, sleek mode of transport that has a Howard Hughes-esque “way of the future” feel to it. For others, as brilliantly c...

Making life simpler and greener with Public Transportation

John Cruz

December 9, 2013

Infographics

Riding the DC Metro got Kelly Teh of CreditDonkey.com thinking about how easy it is for everyone else to make the switch to public transit. Her infographic is backed up with stats from the FTA, including: A...

Transportation for a new generation

John Cruz

November 28, 2013

Infographics

Public transit use is up and the number of miles driven each year is down if you're part of the new generation that seems to be rejecting the ideals of their parents. For them, the car no longer represents free...

The Killer Commute

John Cruz

November 7, 2013

Infographics

Is your daily commute so bad that it is actually taking years off of your life? This inographic from College@Home shows some revealing data on how the commute increases anger, increases risk of heart attack, an...

The Greenest Ways to get around

John Cruz

October 28, 2013

Infographics

With concern about personal carbon footprints growing, people are giving more thought to how they get from point A to point B. This infographic from cheapcarinsurance.net breaks down how different modes of driv...

Pop Science Guide to Cycling

John Cruz

October 24, 2013

Infographics

Regardless of if you're new the cycling, a cycling enthusiast or just someone who wants to know a little more about how bikes work, the Mother Nature Network has you covered. This infographic shows you some bas...

Free Parking. Photo by speedtree on Flickr

Free Parking Fallacies

John Cruz

October 14, 2013

Infographics

There's been a lot of buzz lately about parking. Fueled in part by Donald Shoup's acclaimed The High Cost of Free Parking, many people have been taking a look at how ridiculous the parking situation actually is...

Bixi Bike Sharing in Montreal Photo by spcbrass on Flickr

Bike Sharing Sweeps the United States

John Cruz

October 3, 2013

Infographics

People For Bikes makes no attempt to hide their agenda: more bikes, in more places, with more people riding them. This infographic from them highlights that the issue is more than just new bike ownership, and t...

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