City Cycling
Detroit: City of the Future
Henry Ford poses in the first car he made. In his 1922 autobiography, he wrote: “Industry will decentralize. There is no city that would be rebuilt as it is, were it destroyed – which fact is in itself a confession of our real estimate of cities. . . . The modern city has been prodigal, it is … Detroit: City of the Future
Looking Over the Bike Share Gift Horse
Central Park users rub shoulders with cars on the main loop road until 7PM on weekdays, even though Olmsted and Vaux’s 1857 park design is predicated on sunken transverse roads to block out the sight and sound of street traffic. It’s hard to say what’s worse; the exhaust sucked into lungs of joggers or the nullification … Looking Over the Bike Share Gift Horse
5 Folding Bikes for the City
Brompton World Championship racers in obligatory jacket and tie depart from Blenheim Palace. The dress code suggests both the folding bike’s roots in English quirkiness and its usefulness for urban commuting. There’s no better way to take possession of a city than on a compact folding bike. Neighborhoods that would be discouragingly distant on foot … 5 Folding Bikes for the City