More Than Shelter
11 January 2008 | Philly Skyline
Now imagine the corner with a bus shelter. Here is the physical presence the invisible system needs, and what’s more the information required to put riders at ease.
Posts tagged with “Transit”
A Junction That Ought To Be
4 December 2007 | Philly Skyline
She is open and honest about the neighborhood’s prospects and at the same time it’s impossible not to recognize her enthusiasm. Her eyes burn as brightly as the sun trapped inside the Hawthorn berries. Her certainty is convincing.
“Highway and the City”
13 November 2007
Perhaps because this is a collection of essays written over time (New Yorker “Skyline” columns and others) and not a single piece of art, this book feels utterly contemporary, as if it might have been a collection of website postings. .
No Other Way
5 October 2007 | Philly Skyline
Cities, in reinventing themselves, are obliged to think for themselves, think big, and turn liabilities into assets. That takes force of political will — the payoff being growth, recognition, new fortunes.
Unfare Play
26 September 2007 | Philadelphia City Paper
But what SEPTA officials really want — just as Bush in his heart of hearts wishes to go to war with Iran — is to eliminate transfers all together, so that every time you change routes you pay again.