two postcards: time travel and the war on cars

After reading Eric de Place’s commendable mini-history of the “War on Cars” in Sightline last week, I started thinking about an alternate reality, where humans do things differently, like somehow delivering heavy, bulky items without reliance on motorized vehicles.

What would that look like?

It would look like Seattle 105 years ago.

Thanks to Sherman Clay, Seattle (via Oscar Spidahl) for photo use.

auto-obedience in the city: a postcard

Two cars and a stop sign, in snow.

a Melbourne postcard of dapper urbandwidth

The “urbandwidth” concept, first mentioned here and in Planetizen, is illustrated by an after-work, city moment along a reclaimed lane near Melbourne’s Chinatown.

a streetside postcard of a doorway dialogue

Viewed from the street, and framed by an ornate church entry, conversation and color travel across generations.

two postcards of an urban sunrise