Via a friend, a video in which autonomous vehicles are already with us. And picking up fast food.
An experiment into the psychology of autonomous vehicles
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Harrowing animation of NYC street intersection
“Bad interactions” as Kottke says, between peds, bikes and cars.
From the creator:
By summer 2010, the expansion of bike lanes in NYC exposed a clash of long-standing bad habits — such as pedestrians jaywalking, cyclists running red lights, and motorists plowing through crosswalks.
By focusing on one intersection as a case study, my video aims to show our interconnection and shared role in improving the safety and usability of our streets
The video is part of a larger campaign I created called ’3-Way Street’. Please see blog.ronconcocacola.com for more details.
Using LEED ND for municipal planning and zoning
This video from Criterion Planners shows a step-by-step process to use LEED ND to assess “smart” locations in a city. This process could be used during a plan update, or to make changes to the zoning code. Knowing the process, and which parcels are eligible, can also help the city increase the number of eligible areas using regulatory tools.
This process is very similar to the method I used to assess LEED ND eligibility and “location efficiency” for the Twin Cities metro region in previous posts.
How Portland does buffered bike lanes
On the Right Track from Mayor Sam Adams on Vimeo.
Here’s a great video from TC Streets For People on how Portland does buffered bike lanes. I’ve previously complained about how Minneapolis’ first buffered bike lanes were poorly designed. This video shows that successful buffered lanes (they call them cycletracks) have a good door buffer zone (hence, the word buffer). Currently, the Minneapolis lanes on First have no buffer zone.
Now that Minneapolis is supposedly America’s most bike-friendly city, we need to work to keep our crown. Let’s take a page from Portland and adjust the First Ave lanes so they have a chance of being safe and successful.
Watch “Liquid Assets”, help raise awareness of Minnesota’s critical infrastructure needs
Along with BluePrint Minnesota, Minnesota APA is working to increase awareness about our State’s infrastructure needs. They are raising funds to produce a local version of “Liquid Assets”, the trailer for which can be seen above.
The full documentary explores the history and challenges of our water infrastructure, and is a great reminder of the importance of systems we usually take for granted. So watch the trailer, head over to BluePrint Minnesota and help out if you can.
This Week In Public Comment
People in Santa Cruz are serious about their public participation. And some are seriously crazy. Make sure to watch until about 2:12.
Cul-de-sacs: the Earth’s greatest enemy
This video, done by First + Main Media and Paget Films, won CNU’s 2009 video contest. This is a great educational piece that puts “what planners do” in simple, visual and understandable terms (or maybe that is, what planners should be doing). Share this to friends and neighbors (and especially elected officials).
Technologist-in-chief
Not since Al Gore’s run in 2000 have geeks and technophiles had such reason to rejoice in the selection of a new president. While Gore only invented the internet, Obama already has an intriguing track record of putting technology to use to enhance transparency and communication with regular folk. Some things that get me pumped, after the break. Continue reading