multimodal blending on the Cote d’Azur

In Nice, France, pedestrians, bicycles, buses and the light rail/tram blend in Place Garibaldi and along the Promenade d’Anglais.

a re-cycling postcard: the most sustainable bicycle in Italy

Outside of Turin, Italy, a bicycle sees new life in the garden. Re-cycling, literally, observed on the current myurbanist trip abroad.

a postcard of pedestrian priority

An entry sign to the center of Moscow, Idaho, provides looming new infrastructure in its own right, and symbolizes efforts nationwide to remake auto-prone venues.

Signage, even in commanding edifice form, is but one element of a comprehensive approach to “complete streets”, and dovetails with an effective monitoring and enforcement strategy.

shrink-wrapping an urban moment in time…

As American municipalities attempt to legislate the use of reusable shopping bags–rather than plastic–we ironically shrink-wrap the ideal urban ambiance of an alley stroll.

autocentricity and two postcards of an urban archaeology future

Just in from the future. Urban archaeologists have unearthed three remnant “autocentric acoutrements”, and are offering commemorative posters in postcard form.

Witness below.