A refined version of the previous posting also appears in seattle pi.com today:
Category: pedestrianism
comparative urbanism, part 11 (density can be fun edition)
Urbanized portions of Malta are the most densely populated in Europe. Below, the morning shoppers of the capital city of Valletta contrast with an autocentric Fremont street in Seattle. Which experience inspires you? Do you feel safer among the crowd, or with the cars?


miami update, paradigm shift evolves
Here’s an update on the evolution of Miami 21, discussed in my recent articles in Crosscut and seattlepi.com.
comparative urbanism, part 5 (walk on water edition)
The world is flat, and we can walk to this city on water….
