Shareable: Cities

Is Bikesharing Best Privatized?

09.02.10, 12:05pm Comments (0)

In her article "When Bikesharing Fails," Regina Winkle-Bryan drops an interesting fact: Barcelona's bikesharing program Bicing is operated

More on United Nations Bikesharing Plot

By Jeremy Adam Smith

09.01.10, 10:42am Comments (0)

A month ago, we mentioned that Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver’s efforts to launch an ext

When Bikesharing Fails...

By Regina Winkle-Bryan

08.24.10, 8:48am Comments (3)

I am thinking about signing up for Bicing again. Forgive and forget, that’s my motto. Two years ago, I dropped my membership in a moment of frustration. In my absence, it seems that Bicing has vastly improved and I may be ready to get back o

The Architecture of Sharing

By Stephanie Smith

08.20.10, 2:06pm Comments (4)

Architecture can both dictate, and facilitate, our behaviors. Christopher Alexander’s influential A Pattern Language illustrates the concept best. His book explores the under

The Bus That Swallows Cars

By Neal Gorenflo

08.19.10, 11:36am Comments (2)

The straddling bus - or the dragon bus as I'm renaming it - certainly solves some transportation problems as they're framed and make

How Tax-Sharing Can Save Cities

By Jay Walljasper

08.19.10, 7:33am Comments (0)

As the son of a geography teacher, who spent endless hours of my youth poring over maps, I’ve always been fascinated with border lines. As a kid I imagined that crossing from, say, Nevada into California, would offer an immediate change of s

No Opposition to Growth of SF Carsharing Requirements

By Jeremy Adam Smith

08.17.10, 3:34pm Comments (1)

In 2002, San Francisco began requiring every residential development with 50 or more units and every commercial building with 25 or more parking spaces to have at least one space set aside for carsharing--a policy that has not only made carsharing

Cross-Breeding

By Stephanie Smith

08.09.10, 2:51pm Comments (4)

I’d say that we’re on the cusp of a cultural/societal shift of great import when Republican David Brooks effectively promotes communitarianism over individualism. His take on

An Imaginary City That Changed the 20th Century

By Annalee Newitz

08.06.10, 11:41am Comments (2)

Before he invented the safety razor, King Camp Gillette was a futurist. In 1894, he published plans for a porcelain, hexagonal city with transparent sidewalks. Why do so many innovators dream of building the perfect city?