The world-famous urban theorist who…wait, this has to be honest‽
Independent Professional Urbanist and Writer, creating in-depth critiques of urban spaces, places, & systems.
My work:
thefoxandthecity.com
Also ED @etany.org
She/her
Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City
That building more roads or widening roads will not solve traffic.
(It's funny, I wince at posting this as it feels almost... slop-like. But when you talk to people outside the urban and transport planning worlds, this basic fact is still very poorly understood).
I have this strong memory of visiting the Boston Science Museum sometime as a kid and seeing an exhibit about the Big Dig (must have been early on in the project).
I remember a video that just ended with a man stuck in a jam saying, "Something has to be done about all this traffic..."
what
Maybe one day my email will be hacked, and people will find out my terrible secret...
...that I'm just as loquacious in my emails as I am in my other writing.
I was having trouble thinking of what, if anything, to post for the 50th birthday of the DC Metro.
Then I remembered that I actually wrote my Master's thesis on it. 🤦♀️
Anyway, enjoy this except on how Metro was part of the resurrection of urbanity in the US:
thefoxandthecity.com/articles/sto...
Modern transit planners: third tracks add a lot of planning complications, practically probably limit capacity, and don't save much time.
Past NY transit planners: EXPRESSES GO WHOOOSH
This is the emotional experience of writing in the modern era distilled down to its purest essence:
I don't know if this is a training or management failure, but either way, it's shockingly unacceptable!
This is basic accessibility for a coach bus, and all operators need to know how to use the lift and be ready to do so at any moment.
