urban design
Rewire the streets Paid Members Public
[](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/08/book-forest-bookshelf-trees-in-berlin-1.jpeg)Talking of the NEXT blog, my post on [street furniture for a digital age](http://nextberlin.
Ian Abbott Donnelly: visualising solutions for smart cities Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/06/Ian-Abbott-Donnelly.jpg] Ian Abbott Donnelly, European CTO Smart Cities, IBM Cities are systems of systems, with things interacting in interesting ways. How do we work with them to make things better. Smart cities aren’t about growth – they’re
Open Public Data could make our cities better Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-12-at-14.08.22.png] It’s a rare pleasure when multiple elements of my interests intersect in one event. Pleasingly, that’s happening with next Friday’s Open Data Cities event [http://opendatacitiesconference.com/]. 10 years as a commercial
Rethinking the High Street, post-retail Paid Members Public
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/IMG_0844 - Version 2.jpg) If you’re interested in our urban infrastructure, Julian Dobson is always worth a read. His latest post is a good summary of the challenges facing various initiatives to regenerate our high streets [http://livingwithrats.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/
Pop Up People: Rethinking Our Town Centres Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/02/Dan-Thompson-talks-Pop-Up-People.jpg] Online shopping. Out of town retail. The economy. Our town centres have problems . Dan Thompson, the man behind the empty shop we used for the [Brighton Future of News journalism day](http://shorehambfongproject.tumblr.com/), and the
Norfolk and Nowich Hospital Paid Members Public
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/88568164/ "photo sharing")Norfolk and Nowich Hospital [http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/88568164/], originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth [http://www.flickr.com/people/adders/]. Off taking Mum to hospital for
Shopping Centre Hell Paid Members Public
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/86881197/ "photo sharing")15012006(001).jpg [http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/86881197/], originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth [http://www.flickr.com/people/adders/]. We have a relative visiting from Bristol,
Congestion Charging in the Big Apple Paid Members Public
John Massengale makes a compelling argument [http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/take_back_the_s.html] for the extension of congestion charging to New York: > Why do we allow millions of New Yorkers to be inconvenienced and poisoned by a small number of drivers who would rather sit
