Friday Fun: A bird’s eye view

It can be disorienting to view familiar cities from above. The details that seem to define cities while we move through them on the ground are missing. Instead, shapes representing streets and buildings emerge, almost abstract. But we can tell a lot from these bird’s...

Lessons from Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya

Passengers wait to board Rea Vaya, Johannesburg’s advanced bus system. Photo by African Goals. Last year, I spoke at the 2nd Congress and Exhibition of African Public Transport in Johannesburg. For me, this was a perfect, much-awaited opportunity to experience Rea...

Get moving: Creating a research strategy for active cities

  Many cities around the globe are home to dangerous roads, social stigmas that bicycling is “for the poor,” and urban designs that neglect walking and bicycling. Photo by Slightly-less-random. Cities around the globe are seeing a creeping problem of growing...