Surrounded by Friends

  Recently on the 3/4, a young man in a red beanie, huge red sweatshirt, massive gray sweatpants, and oversized basketball shoes boarded with his...

The View From Nathan’s Bus: Not Because It Is Easy

I like the ten P.M. crowd. If you drive buses through downtown at the top of this hour, you'll notice it contains what I call...

Sunday Video: How Glass Skyscrapers Conquered Our Cities

https://youtu.be/yxdIluAPLt8 Cheddar documents the rise of glass building and skyscrapers and how tides are beginning to turn against the overuse of glass in skyscrapers.

The Book Lives

This lil' thing just keeps chugging--thanks to you. We've printed a third run of books, in conjunction with my recent TED talk (which will...

Midweek Video: Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam via Plan Jokinen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5pbDFDZyI In the 1960s, Amsterdam briefly was sold on a highway urban renewal project designed by an American planner David Jokinen. It would have destroyed...

Holiday Video: Regional Governance

https://youtu.be/1mx2lyz-TXY When it comes to cities and regions in America, how do they carryout regional governance?

What’s Going On At King Street Station?

Anyone walking past King Street in the last several weeks may have noticed an interesting transformation taking place. Tracks are being removed, cement molds...

I Am Now Two Years Old

  Two years ago I posted the first of these stories, which now number in the hundreds and stem from seven years of bus driving. The...