Tuesday Tweets
Our round-up this week includes confessions, chic cycling, and civic space … what more could you want?
Feature Cities, Civic Spaces and Creativity
* Copenhagen’s plan to get even better by 2015!
* Livable streets, Melbourne v. Toronto.
* Civic spaces in Barcelona.
* A messy city is a great city.
* New Brunswick asks: what constitutes public art?
* Not sure if I’ve already shared this, but art on construction materials seems like a great idea!
* Creating an economy of re-use.
Transportation – Cars
* Someone is definitely confused about “sustainability” – also check out the parent article “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer“.
* A look at the excess of parking spaces in North America - hell yeah!
* Making bicycle safety a part of driver education.
Transportation – Transit and Bikes
* The Urbanophile talks about making Chicago’s transit great, though the same could be said for all city transit systems: Part 1 = Vision, Part 2 = Design.
* Two-wheeling can be chic!
* A short interview with David Byrne, musician and avid two-wheeler.
* Beautiful vintage bike photos from Copenhagen… so charming!
** photo by lms.photo
