What: Occupy Data Hackathon and Exhibit (focus will be on Occupy Sandy Data) Cost: Free (please register to attend Hackathon) When: Hackathon: Mar 1, 2013 to Mar 2, 2013, 12:00pm-6:00pm each day Exhibit open to the public: Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 9, 2013, Tue-Thu 12-7pm and Fri-Sat 12-6pm Where: The James Gallery The Graduate Center, […]
Archive | February, 2013
Is NYC Missing The Boat On Congestion Pricing?
Congestion Pricing has been in the news a lot recently. As it’s increasingly being embraced and debated by policymakers, planners and others, let’s take a look at what’s been happening around the world, and check up on where things stand in NYC. London recently saw the ten-year anniversary of its Congestion Charging scheme. Within a […]
Accessibility and Transit
There was a recent article in City Limits: Disabled Say Non-Mayoral Agencies Also Fail, which is definitely worth taking a look at. It brought up a number of thoughts about how transportation and emergency planning work. This particular paragraph stuck with me for a bit… The MTA argues that upgrading New York’s ancient subway system necessarily […]
What’s next for urban planners?
As discussed in two recent blogposts, Fringe Planning and Community, the planning profession is at a distinct crossroads. Our short history of little more than 150 years has resulted in only a couple of major paradigm shifts: the grand City Beautiful designs, Modernism’s clean-slate, and oft-reactionary Participatory movement. Mired in politicization and NIMBYism, sustainability and resiliency planning […]
Things New York City MTA could have done better: (Part Two)
This is a continuation of last week’s MTA blog post, which talked about turnstiles and metro-cards. This week I will talk about public address systems, signage, subway furniture, and the public art chosen by MTA for its train stations. Public Address (PA) Systems: MTA’s public address system is quite arcane, consisting of old speakers which […]
More on Grand Central…
For those of you who missed the on air version and need the videos to go with our Grand Central 100th Anniversary post, this news series from Channel 7 is pretty neat! Unfortunately, I can’t embed it, but it is a nice historical review and there is some cool video of the construction of the Long […]
Things New York City’s MTA could have done better: (Part One)
You have to admit, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is quite efficient at keeping the trains running on time. But oftentimes, they don’t seem to pay enough attention to many other important parts of their infrastructure that commuters face everyday: Turnstiles, Metro Cards, Public Address Systems, Subway Furniture, and Public Art. I believe these short comings are […]
The Map That Could Fast Track Plans For High-Speed Rail
You might have seen it on social media somewhere, but in case you haven’t heard of it, Berkeley-based artist and high-speed rail advocate Alfred Twu recently posted a map he created on the Guardian’s website (the map was originally featured on the California Rail Map google group, where additional resources on high-speed rail are listed). It’s […]
Bucky Fellowship
Buckminster Fuller Challenge Fellowship, now accepting applications. The Buckminster Fuller Challenge Fellowship Program combines engagement in the review process of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge through a seminar component that explores Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science (CADS), a “whole-systems” approach to solving complex problems, developed by Buckminster Fuller. The fellowship is designed to engage outstanding and motivated […]
