There’s a famous—to urbanists—story about Amsterdam in the 1970s. Today, Amsterdam is the poster child, almost the byword, for a quiet, clean European city that makes lots of room for pedestrians and bike riders. When people talk about “Europe” in terms of land use, they often mean, or you imagine, Amsterdam.

To the extent that the average person... See more

Creating pedestrian plazas like the one in Times Square is prevalent in many European and Asian cities like Amsterdam and Tokyo. They prioritize public transportation and cycling infrastructure while U.S. cities often favor cars.

The KIM approach starts with an extensive analysis of traffic flows and bottlenecks. At the intersection of Vrijheidslaan – Amsteldijk it turned that the bicycle flows to and from Berlagebrug turned out to be the largest. And even the busiest in Amsterdam with 24,000 cyclists per day. Especially during morning rush hour, there was far too little... See more

Cities around the world are proposing to replace the space taken up by parked cars with usable areas for people.

What’s kind of confounding about being a bicycle advocate or a transit advocate is people think it’s a step backwards. ... Any suggestion that you should use a bicycle or that the solution to congestion in cities is actually a good bus or a good train line is seen as though you’re against progress. But you’re not. If you look at the places that are... See more