Category: Transportation

Cross walk

18 March, 2011 (08:56) | Cities, Housing, Infrastructure, Speculation, Transportation, Walking |

By: David A. Smith    Cities are for walking; it eases traffic congestion.  Yet walking has its own rules of etiquette and efficiency,  whose flouting generates friction, as revealed in this story from the Wall Street Journal.     Where’s the walkers?  All The Rage: The average speed of walkers in Lower Manhattan is 4.27 [...]

Cities mean traffic jams

17 April, 2009 (10:14) | Cities, Essential posts, Housing, New York City, Primer Posts, Theory, Transportation |

Cities mean traffic jams.   Broadway, New York City   Yes, you can have traffic jams without cities, but you cannot have cities without traffic jams.    1962   As illustrated in this throwaway piece from New York Times, that doesn’t stop politicians from decrying them and wishing they would go away:   Speaking of [...]