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Snow & Tell: Snow Informing How We Use Public Space
When we think of snow, many of us think about snowboarding, sledding, or a beautiful natural winter landscape. But another cool (pun intended) feature of snow is how it acts as an “urban usage map.”...
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Why Public Streets Went To The Cars
What if you didn’t have to legally be in a crosswalk to cross the street? If you could just cross the street whenever you wanted – without waiting for a green light or a car to pass. Basically,...
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Cities Experiment Going Car-Free
Image by Chris Yunker via Flickr We recently ran across an article called “7 Cities That Are Starting To Go Car-Free,” in Fast Company. As urban cities become denser with more people and cars, the...
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Erik Spiekermann: Type Geek, Bike Geek
Erik's bike collection in Berlin Since day one, many designers have been involved in shaping PUBLIC into what it is today. But none of them are more fanatical about bikes than Erik Spiekermann. He’s...
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How Seville Rolls
The many bikers of Seville. “Seville is the poster child of the modern bicycle planning movement. Nothing less.” - Copenhagenize I was just in Seville, Spain (population 700K) to ride around, study the...
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Interview With Designer Eric Heiman
ERIC HEIMAN AND HIS PUBLIC BIKE / BY CHRISTINA JIRACHACHAVALWONG Designers tend to be opinionated, aesthetically conscious and self-professed perfectionists. So when a designer like Eric Heiman...
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Safer Streets Begin With A Vision
Leah Shahum / Image Credit: Melissa Balmer Whether biking, walking or driving, people deserve to be safe when moving around their community. It’s a concept few would argue with, but who is actually...
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The most bike friendly city in the world is…
A happy rider in Copenhagen / Copenhagenize Design Co. As we approach another 4th of July weekend in the U.S., many of us will get in our cars to enjoy the holiday weekend. If we lived in Copenhagen,...
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Repurposing Public Space
PROXY / Photo by envelope A+D Before PROXY, 2006 / Photo By Matt Baume Public streets account for as much as a third of land in a city. They have often been viewed as more of a domain for cars rather...
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Building Bike-Friendly Housing
Bay Meadows, CA According to the report “Millennials & Mobility” by the American Public Transit Association (APTA), 70% of adults under 35 use car-free modes of transportation several times per...
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Reinventing The Underpass
Underpass Park in Toronto, Canada What comes to mind when we write “freeway underpass?” It’s likely that whatever you pictured didn’t involve thoughtfully composed landscaping, actively used pathways...
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Vertical Parking Through The Years
With the advent of cars decades ago as the dominant means of transportation, city planners and developers reshaped our public and private spaces to accommodate the storage of these personal vehicles....
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Celebrating The Green Bike Lane
Written By Rebecca Huval Green on green in Vancouver, Canada. On the upcoming holiday celebrating all things Irish and green, we should also pause to celebrate the green bike lane. These ribbons of...
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The Cars Are Jealous Of This Colorful Bike Corral Mural
We’re all about making the world a more sustainable and healthier place through thoughtful urban design and sustainable transportation. So we got a special kick out of a recent public project in San...
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Should You Wear A Bicycle Helmet?
For adults we think riding a bicycle with or without a helmet is a personal choice. This personal decision should be based on the surrounding riding conditions, the rider’s age and experience, the...
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