urban planning

Progress?

The Metro Vancouver area is in dire need of more luxury condo towers, so it’s good that more are being built1!

Shot today at Metrotown, when I was out buying a JAWS t-shirt 50 years late.

Who needs affordable housing, anyway?

Unrelated, here is what’s happening next door to Royal Columbian Hospital as they presumably remove the construction crane seen on the left. Also in portrait format!

Truck assuming position of vehicle in high-speed chase through San Francisco.
  1. This is one of probably three somewhat political posts I’ll make this year. Enjoy! ↩︎

Secretly I love urban planning

Maybe it’s also the secret futurist in me that hopes for a brighter, well, future.

A Dutch intersection that works for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. At first glance it seems confusing, but look closer, then read the article below. It’s a great example of considered, thoughtful engineering–the kind we see too little of in North America. But here’s hoping we adapt the lessons from our European neighbours.

The overhead shot:

It actually makes sense. Really!

The article: A common urban intersection in the Netherlands