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Aditi Mehta | Oct 24th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, Midwest, South, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New Orleans |
Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (
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This Big City | Oct 13th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase.
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Kadley Gosselin | Jul 27th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit.
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Theodore Brown | Jul 1st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
The evolution of public transportation -outside of the meteoric rise of information technology- has been a boring, straight line, but the systems themselves, those systems cannot be reduced to linear conclusions. (
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Theodore Brown | Jun 24th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Bike sharing is a fledgling concept in the United States and has the tendency to be scattershot geographically. Chicago, Minneapolis, and Des Moines have programs in the Midwest while shares in Miami, Boston, and Washington, D.C. dot the coastlines.
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Theodore Brown | Jun 18th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Vogue isn’t a term that conjures up images of vast stretches of infrastructure perfected by years of engineering research and tinkering with delicate designs. How then do we explain the current vogue of high speed rail? (
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Kimberly Gaskins | Mar 30th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
Latitude Research asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one week and to rely on other forms of transit instead. Participants shared their experiences and ideas for improvement, suggesting opportunities to redesign the experience of going car-free. (
keep reading…)
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Kadley Gosselin | Mar 24th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
A new transit deprivation study by Latitude Research suggested a fundamental shift in people’s values that could help raise the status of public transit. New technologies and smart information access are making it easier than ever to try new things and to achieve multiple goals at once. (
keep reading…)
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Kadley Gosselin | Mar 16th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
A new transit deprivation study by Latitude Research shows that while users value the freedom and control a car provides, mobile information solutions could replicate this sense of autonomy without needing to own a car—primarily by helping users to make informed, in-the-moment decisions. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Feb 2nd, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Austin, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego |
Call them trolleys, light rail, metros—from Houston to Charlotte to San Francisco, they’re a crucial (and increasingly popular) mode of transit. (
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Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (keep reading…)
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase. (keep reading…)
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit. (keep reading…)
The evolution of public transportation -outside of the meteoric rise of information technology- has been a boring, straight line, but the systems themselves, those systems cannot be reduced to linear conclusions. (keep reading…)
Bike sharing is a fledgling concept in the United States and has the tendency to be scattershot geographically. Chicago, Minneapolis, and Des Moines have programs in the Midwest while shares in Miami, Boston, and Washington, D.C. dot the coastlines. (keep reading…)
Vogue isn’t a term that conjures up images of vast stretches of infrastructure perfected by years of engineering research and tinkering with delicate designs. How then do we explain the current vogue of high speed rail? (keep reading…)
Latitude Research asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one week and to rely on other forms of transit instead. Participants shared their experiences and ideas for improvement, suggesting opportunities to redesign the experience of going car-free. (keep reading…)
A new transit deprivation study by Latitude Research suggested a fundamental shift in people’s values that could help raise the status of public transit. New technologies and smart information access are making it easier than ever to try new things and to achieve multiple goals at once. (keep reading…)
A new transit deprivation study by Latitude Research shows that while users value the freedom and control a car provides, mobile information solutions could replicate this sense of autonomy without needing to own a car—primarily by helping users to make informed, in-the-moment decisions. (keep reading…)
Call them trolleys, light rail, metros—from Houston to Charlotte to San Francisco, they’re a crucial (and increasingly popular) mode of transit. (keep reading…)
