Archive for the 'infrastructure' Category

LIFE Magazine collection of logos painted on boxcars.

"The typeface should have 'the bold simplicity of the authentic lettering of the finest periods' Pick wrote to Johnston. It should also, he told him, be easy to read from a moving train and in bad lighting, be noticeably up-to-date with the times, and yet also be completely different from anything found on other shops and signage. Finally, in true Frank Pick style, Johnston was told that each letter should be 'a strong and unmistakeable symbol.'"

Graph and stats taken from TransAlt, who are by no means disinterested. If these numbers are real, and they seem like they might be, it's good news. Making a city bikeable takes more than a little while, but having visited European cities where they've had solid infrastructure in place for decades, the end result seems like it must be worth it.

Roll call on today's City Council vote to approve congestion pricing in the city of New York. My councilman, Bill deBlasio, who is running for borough president, voted "No", which seems to be a politically questionable move. He's probably lost my vote.

Blog for an installation in the Toronto subway system using subsonics and infrasonics as a way of approaching the modern city, and the paranormal. via rupture.