Across the country, cities are transforming asphalt schoolyards into spongy, shady community centers. The new schoolyard at PS 184M Shuang Wen, a grade school in Manhattan’s Chinatown, features new play equipment, a yoga circle, a stage and basketball and tennis courts. It also has a porous turf field that can … [continued]
Many hope that improvements will come out of this global struggle with health and the Covid-19 pandemic. Ideally, the aftermath will continually show our old way of life giving way to positive new growth.
Pop quiz: You arrive at the annual church picnic in your brand new Tesla. You park amidst a variety of gasoline, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Having the only pure electric vehicle at the event, you are soon surrounded by a crowd of gawkers, cooing and praising your beautiful automobile. … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Most of those reading this are probably already aware that electric vehicles were actually quite popular back at the beginning of the 20th century, near the dawn of the automotive industry. The extent of this popularity is perhaps a bit hard to imagine for many, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Manhattan will soon be home to as many as 3 times more Tesla electric vehicle charging stations than gas stations, following the company’s recent decision to expand the destination charger network there. The decision to expand the Tesla electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the … [continued]
Thanks to a University of Freiburg (Germany) student, energetic maps of cities’ interdependent public transit movements, reflecting thousands of daily journeys, help us to better understand transit in these locations. The day-to-day involvement of urban trams, trains, buses, and trolleys are intricately displayed for each network. Manhattan, New York Dr. Hannah Bast from the University … [continued]
Written by Improv Traffic School*. We tend to view electric vehicles as an invention created by the green movement. The first electric production car actually traces its history much further back, but perhaps the inventor’s motives were actually “green.” Thomas Parker was an inventor from England who invented the … [continued]
Just looking at this mock-up of a human-powered river gym makes me seasick, but architect Mitchell Joachim and personal trainer Douglas Joachim’s design won third place in New York Magazine’s “Create a Gym Contest”. The gym’s creators explain, “Often the average urbanite exercising at the gym performs controlled repetitive single … [continued]
