One of the bedrocks of the Vancouver city-building story, which we often refer to as "the most important decision Vancouver ever made", was the dramatic rejection of inner city freeways in the late 60's/early 70's. This left our city frequently referenced as the only major North America city without a freeway. That decision led us down the very different and counter-intuitive path for livability, mobility, inner city density and urbanism that has come to be referred to as "the Vancouver Model".
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Friday Funny: Smellvertising, Coming to a Bus Stop Near You
John Metcalfe reports on an advertising campaign appearing at bus stops across the UK featuring a fiberglass potato sculpture and a mysterious odor emitting button.
The Atlantic Cities
The Most Frangrant Cities In The World
Chalder Burr, GQ's scent critic ranks the top ten most fragrant cities in the world.
Gentlemens Quarterley
Friday Funny: New York vs Boston, Which is the Better Sports Town?
On the eve of the Super Bowl, Richard Florida attempts to answer one of the most critical debates concerning metropolitan vitality today -- which is the superior sports town: Boston or New York?
The Atlantic Cities
Friday Funny: Take the Kids to Napoleonland
A new theme park dedicated to all things Napoleon has been proposed for the area south of Paris by former French minister and history buff Yves Jégo, and is being touted as a rival to Disneyland, reports Henry Samuel.
The Telegraph
Friday Funny: Pantsless in New York
The Daily News does its best to, ahem, "cover" this year's version of the annual New York City "No Pants Subway Ride." Beware, potentially NSFW.
New York Daily News
Friday Funny: Residential Snowman Regulations
The planners at Hogle-Ireland have developed a handy set of Holiday Design Guidelines, including Minimum Chimney Access Requirements and Sleigh Parking and Access Standards.
Hogle-Ireland
Potholes as Parks?
Writing in Grist, Chuck Wolfe provides a counterintuitive look at what to do about potholes and how they could become "the universal darlings of walkable urbanism".
Grist
Friday Funny: Pedestrian Haiku
NPR reports on NYC's new set of hilarious Haiku traffic street signs, that are meant to make drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians more aware when sharing the street.
NPR
Getting Residents Talking...With Cake!
McGill University planning students have built a cake replica of the neighborhood surrounding the Vendome Metro station in order to get residents to discuss the impacts of the construction and opening of a nearby "superhospital."
CBC
LA Street Slips Into The Pacific
Heavy rains Sunday afternoon exacerbated a subsiding roadway in the L.A. suburb of San Pedro, leaving gaping holes and exposing plumbing and other infrastructure housed beneath the street.
Los Angeles Times
GTA V Trailer Satirizes LA Planning And Construction
The new edition of the Grand Theft Auto series will parody LA, including its idiosyncratic planning landscape, which will feature avaricious developers, activist NIMBYs, and a oceanside dwelling starchitect.
Curbed LA
Casting A Robert Moses Biopic
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that HBO is working with Oliver Stone on a biopic of New York's famous master planner.
The Atlantic
No Freeways, but what about those Viaducts? re:CONNECT Ideas Competition launched!
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 15:40
Friday Fizzle: Bicycling is for Losers Who Don't Get Dates
A new GM ad implies that bikes aren't a sexy mode of transport for college kids.
Grist
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Warning: I'm a Terrible Neighbor
A Colorado man has put up a sign warning potential buyers about activities that occur at his house.
The Denver Post via 9 News
Friday Funny: Typo Results In 10,000 Acre Wyoming Skate Park
Doyle Redland reports on the accidental new construction, which has galvanized both sides of the preservation vs. access argument.
The Onion
Getting Around Underground Could be Easier
Part of this week's Urban Design Week in New York City, design duo Original Champions of Design present three solutions to a weak wayfinding system currently in place in the city's subways.
Fast Company
Obama's Renewable Energy Blunder
The President went out of his way to support Solyndra's cutting-edge solar technology. When the company declares bankruptcy this week, Jon Stewart anticipates the gaffes by Obama's opposition in a very funny segment on The Daily Show.
The Daily Show
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