Archive for the 'Metro Monday' Category

Metro Monday: Landing a 747 at St. Maarten

Easily, the most insane runway at any international airport…

Metro Monday: Brooklyn Trolleys c. 1938

Metro Monday: The Train Market

glumbert - Train Market

Not exactly what we mean when we speak of transit oriented development…

Metro Monday: The Tragedy of Suburbia

The Tragedy of Suburbia is a 20 minute presentation by James Howard Kunstler which just about sums up everything we are trying to achieve with this website. His witty presentation is thorough and identifies many of the main problems facing every American city. It goes hand in hand with many of the issues addressed in our book of the month: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces; and will provide you with some great visual evidence on our planning deficiencies.

Now, you’ll notice this video is marked under our weekly Metro Monday feature but clearly lacks any mention of public transit. We’d like to emphasize that this is done on purpose. Our message is that transit is far more than trains, buses, and automobiles; it’s a comprehensive study of these systems and their interactions with our urban landscapes and people. It includes our buildings, their uses, and the way people interact with them on a daily basis…