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Human-scaled street life on one of Bangkok's side-streets (sois).Photo courtesy of Mark Wiens at migrationology.com

Making the Case for Bangkok’s Labyrinthine Streets

June 2, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Transportation

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Bangkok shares many similarities with its fellow Asian mega-cities; including snarling traffic, explosive growth, tasty street food and a multiplicity of cultures. However, Bangkok’s canal-inspired street layou...

Terminal Communication

John Cruz

December 2, 2012

Videos

Terminal Communication is a fixed-frame work featuring the actions of drivers as they approach a badly signed junction leading into Rosslare Harbour ferry port, in County Wexford. Filmed from a vantage point ov...

Crying Over Spilled Gas, Cause it Might Cost More

David Mieksztyn

January 27, 2012

News

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Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan has decided to do what the American people do not want, increase the gas tax. First, the poll results. Reason.com conducted a poll of Americans that found that 77% of the resp...

Highway to Greenway

David Mieksztyn

January 5, 2012

News, Sustainability

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In Madrid, Spain, when a highway becomes noisy and pollutant, they bury it underground and put a park on top. The New York Times recently featured Madrid Rio, an urban park created on top of a once above groun...

Roundabout Sign. Photo by herrolm on Flickr.

With Hurricane Irene tearing up the east coast, it’s time to give more thought to Roundabouts

John Cruz

August 27, 2011

Culture, Transportation

New York city is currently preparing to face a category one hurricane that began it's career in the caribbean. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the highways were flooded and sharks swam alongside traffic. The human ha...

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Making the Case for Bangkok’s Labyrinthine Streets

Terminal Communication

Crying Over Spilled Gas, Cause it Might Cost More

Highway to Greenway

With Hurricane Irene tearing up the east coast, it’s time to give more thought to Roundabouts