Sunday Video: 7 Principles for Building Better Cities
Peter Calthorpe breaks down some scenarios for growth using as examples California and Chongqing, China in this TED talk from April. Calthorpe argues sprawl...
Thanksgiving Day Video: Why Do So Many U.S. Cities Have Gridded Streets?
https://youtu.be/KUDVP6aRS1Y
It’ll come as no surprise to anyone that Seattle and most cities in the Puget Sound region are gridded or have a relatively gridded...
Sunday Video: Train Stations Are Making A Comeback, But Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YGVytC-7s
In this video, Dave from City Beautiful talks about how historic train stations are experiencing a renaissance in America and how they're leading to...
Sunday Video: Bicycle and Transit Markings
https://youtu.be/jYUdIfx9r0g
Seattle’s City Traffic Engineer, Dongho Chang, explains why Seattle has various types of bicycle and transit markings and how they work.
Sunday Video: Bus Stop Balancing
https://vimeo.com/240382367
New York City-based TransitCenter is promoting bus stop balancing, or what some call bus stop consolidation, in New York and beyond to speed up...
Sunday Video: How Cohousing Can Make Us Happier (And Live Longer)
Grace Kim, a cohousing expert, explains that cohousing could help create social cohesion for many people and ultimately make them happier.
Sunday Video: Fly The SR-99 Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGuMb0pXBHY
A new video put out by the Washignton
State Department of Transportation offers a view through the mostly complete SR-99 tunnel.
Sunday Video: Metro Systems
City Beautiful explores why more American cities don’t have metro systems like New York City and Chicago.
https://youtu.be/bLtmJHHqbh8
While there are no one answer for this,...