Post by nickchu

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not):

Jane Jacobs: Eyes on the Streets

Eyes on the Streets in action: New York flat

Next gen power outlets: USB’ed

Baddest bus liner: Futureliner

Ugliest bus liner: MTCO-800

Carriages: Horse-powered

Bangladeshi rickshaws: Human-powered

Weight-loss bus: Exercise-powered

Current trailer park home: Trailer

Next-gen urban trailer park home: GMC Pad

Flexible streetshop: Dukaan

Flexible short-term sustainable living: m-uch

Size: 75 sq.ft.

Weight: 2 tonnes

Planning permission: Not required

Cost: $50,000

Next-gen North American city crash pad: Shipping containers

Size: 320 sq.ft.

Cost: $39,000

Larger unit: 1280 sq.ft.

Cost: $128,000

Beijing equivalent: $50/month

Size: 20 sq.ft.

Chengdu equivalent: $1/day

Size: 200 sq.ft.

Size of human population by 2012: 7 billion

2012 North Korea: Strong and prosperous

Cost of rice: 10x costlier than Beijing