People and Cyclists Not Really Welcome on London's Garden Bridge
Strava average speed stats ruined by need to push over new bridge.
Strava average speed stats ruined by need to push over new bridge.
...build it up with £3bn of repairs, £3bn of repairs, £3bn of repairs...
Anything that brings more attention to pedestrians is good for cities – like these whimsical takes on the classic green man at the crossing.
A new show at the New York Museum of Modern Art opens this week to examine how that explosive growth will affect six cities globally: Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and New York City.
New York is back in the skyscraper race in a major way.
Cyclists can now finally ride the Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bike path in the Dutch town of Nuenen, which is coated in light-emitting paint and embedded with small, mosaic-like LEDs that suck power from a nearby solar array. Charging all day, it glows nearly all night.
New York's dazzling new $1.4bn (£880m) Fulton Center station, which replaces one that was destroyed during 9/11, is now open to the public.
Social change can stem from the simplest of initiatives – like the plan to paint the favelas of Rio. Watch this fascinating TED video and learn more.
The city is piloting the scheme that gives access to hundreds of books by famous Russian writers.
Video explains how a mixture of new technology and social engagement could help make our cities work better.
Economic downturn be damned, this pair of doobie-shaped buildings are determined to rise high on the Dubai horizon.
Many US cities on the Pacific coast haven't taken precautions against tsunamis, even though they are at risk These new shelters ensure people can get to safety without sitting in gridlocked traffic.
Extends middle finger to "showy" building haters.
Shanghai has shifted from flat city filled with greenery to mutant Manhattan on speed and steroids. Watch how it happened.
Tampico is a beautiful tropical city located on the Gulf of Mexico, traversed by canals, dotted with palm trees, graced with kilometres of undeveloped beach.
These gloriously rich maps, dripping in trippy neon colour, are more insightful than they may first appear – because their hue actually reveal similarities in the way city streets are orientated.
