Over at The City Builder Book Club (which Creative Urban Projects is a co-founder and sponsor of) we’re discussing chapter 18 of Jane Jacobs’ essential The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Chapter 18, for those unaware, is all about ‘The Erosion of Cities or The Attrition of the Automobile’ and is excellent reading for anyone interested in the seemingly never-ending feud between the pedestrian and automotive realms.
On Monday CBBC has already had myself writing on why – though I may agree with Jacobs’ core thesis about the damage of cars – I have real troubles with her tactics for changing that situation.
On Tuesday Jarrett Walker of Human Transit fame discusses how the attrition of automobiles is “mostly the work of small, steady work.”
And today Alissa Walker of Good, Fast Company and Dwell writes about The American Love Affair with roads and cars.
If you’ve not already been reading along with us, feel free to catch up any time you like – the posts will be there for the foreseeable future.