Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10:01PM This week's watch and learn is a conversation between StreetsBlog and Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic. This is personally, one of my favorite recent books. The interview actually cuts to the chase and hits on some of the most prescient topics that were covered in the book, driver distraction and pedestrian safety. Enjoy...
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 01:22PM Our second installment of the weekly video is a great piece by one of my favorite pundits on suburbia and new urbanism, James Howard Kunstler. Always provocative, this is a very entertaining talk that he gave at TED in 2007. He also has a recent podcast about his recent trip to Atlanta for CNU18. I will link to that in a subsequent post. Enjoy...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 07:11PM We are starting a regular post (hopefully weekly) of videos that are insightful and related to new urbanism and smart growth. We couldn't think of a better video to kick off the series with than a primer on new urbanism from the founding father himself, Andres Duany. This is a series of 9 clips from YouTube from a lecture that Andres did in San Antonio quite some time ago. Don't let the age of the video deter you though. The principles of New Urbanism are for the most part timeless and you won't find a better person to give you an overview. This series is pretty much a short overview of the book Suburban Nation. Enjoy...
