Thinking in Cities, to me, is all about seeing our communities through the eyes of history, geography, politics, justice, infrastructure and, crucially, to imagine and advocate for a better world for all of us in the City.
Here, I have my thoughts and ideas on Cities, Urbanism, History, and all manner of other topics. This blog is focused on Cities as a site of Social Justice in addition to how the built environment is set up - and how it should be. Understanding cities, infrastructure, and transportation should bring to focus the people that will invariably interact with, and be affected by, these policies and structures.
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Mother Jones Rewrite: Researchers Find that Cars Are a Fun, Easy Way to Go to the ER
cities ·“This is a very important technological innovation that has a significant public health impact.”
Mother Jones, an online magazine, wrote a misguided piece recently about scooters and how they are dangerous to riders. This was announced on Twitter with this tweet:
New research shows exactly why e-scooters are the worst...
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The End of the Panny-Dee
cities ·I think what I wanted out of an “end” of the pandemic was feeling like it was actually over, that we would celebrate it being over and we would mourne the unthinkable tragedy, fear, and loss of social fabric.
Instead what we got is a boring collective amnesia, a mass forgetting the uncertainty, distancing from friends, and how we changed...
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