You readers responded very well to my call for new designs for Congress Avenue, and selected this place-oriented design by Mateo Barnstone: Now, the professionals have weighed in and come up with three options for streets, as well as three options for a design language. (Scroll down to the May 15 event.) All three feature protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and more ...
Turning transportation on its ear: what we can learn about ground transportation from elevators
When we think about motorized transportation, we usually think about moving horizontally. Sometimes flipping your perspective and looking at a slightly different problem yields new insights. So let's look at vertical transportation (that is, elevators) and see what we can learn about ground transportation. 1 Measuring people throughput is more important than vehicle ...
Dockless scooters: the revolution is ours if we want it
We are on the verge of an urban revolution. A new device has revolutionized how we travel, making cars obsolete. Cities are going to re-architect themselves around the invention. The year, of course, is 2001 and the invention is the Segway. That revolution didn't pan out. The Segway is now known mostly as a gag in a movie about mall security guards. But 17 years later, ...
And the winner is…
Austin on Your Feet has held a contest to come up with our readers' favorite design for Congress Avenue. You have voted and the results are in, winner to get a gift certificate to Popbar. In third place is a design by Ryan Young: Ryan's design includes many features! Center-running light rail lines with a transit shelter between the north-bound and ...
West Campus’ remarkable growth, charted
This blog has something of an obsession with West Campus. It's the neighborhood that lives by upside-down, inside-out rules and it's a window into the Austin that could be. So when we got a hold of data about West Campus' growth, we pretty much had no choice but to put it in charts. Part 1: Understanding the scale and speed of West Campus' growth West Campus has grown ...
