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The Omnibus Roundup – Traffic Haiku, Delancey Underground, Suburban Dunescapes, Dream Cities, Designer Scaffolding and the AIDS Memorial Competition

HAIKU TRAFFIC SAFETY
With ubiquity comes invisibility. And words can be arranged with the same economy and elegance as high quality graphic design. These two precepts are the inspiration behind the DOT’s latest spate of traffic signs. By combining a little bit of poetry with…

12 02 11 • by Urban Omnibus • community boards, competition, graphic design, High Line, journalism, poetry, public art, times square, to do, traffic, transit

Walks and Talks

Questioning the Car: A Walk with Mark Gorton

Transportation and livable streets advocate Mark Gorton explains why the car is a flawed technology for cities and shares his vision for a mostly auto-free New York.

cars, community engagement, interview, public space, street, traffic, transit, transportation, urban planning

Forum • Roundup

The Omnibus Roundup — Midtown in Motion, High Line Roller Rink, Walder Resigns and Reinvent NYC.gov

ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC
The Department of Transportation has announced a new program to combat traffic congestion in Midtown with a $1.6 million real-time traffic management system: Midtown In Motion. Through a system of microwave sensors, cameras and EZ-Pass readers, DOT will monitor traffic congestion in a 110-square block area from Second to…

07 22 11 • by Urban Omnibus • exhibition, High Line, maps, MTA, to do, traffic, transit, waterways

Forum • Roundup

The Omnibus Roundup — Wayfinding, Green Cities, Safety Zones, Water and Phytoremediation

WALK THIS WAY
This week, the New York City Department of Transportation released a request for proposals to develop a comprehensive pedestrian “wayfinding system” in four districts: …

07 01 11 • by Urban Omnibus • architectural league, environment, geology, infrastructure, remediation, street, to do, traffic, water, wayfinding

Writing the City

Beyond Flyover Urbanism: Learning from São Paulo

Thaddeus Pawlowski reflects on his participation in a recent professional urban design exchange between São Paulo and New York.

elsewhere, housing, open space, opinion, towers in the park, traffic, transit, urban planning

Forum • Roundup

The Omnibus Roundup – High Line, Battle For Brooklyn, Annotated Streets, South Street Seaport, LEED Power and Poe

HIGHLINE PHASE TWO NOW OPEN
Section two of the Highline is open to the public after a surprise soft launch on June 7th, between 20th to 30th Street along 10th Ave. The latest phase has doubled the length of the park…

06 10 11 • by Urban Omnibus • architecture, atlantic yards, brooklyn, foreclosure, High Line, Hugh Hardy, mobile apps, parks, technology, traffic, video

Unseen Machine

City of Systems: Traffic Signal

In the first of a new video series about complex urban systems, we take a closer look at traffic signals citywide and visit the Traffic Management Center in Long Island City.

city of systems, infrastructure, special projects, street, traffic, UO video, video

Forum • Roundup

The Omnibus Roundup – Conversations on New York, affordable housing, the Domino Sugar Factory, getting arrested, and summer events

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Photo credits from left to right: Kyle R. Brooks; Steven Yavanian; Frank Guittard; Jason A. Tax.

Be sure to join us on July 8th for the latest in the Architectural League’s Conversations on New York series of public events. This…

07 02 10 • by Urban Omnibus • affordable housing, bronx, brooklyn, Center for Urban Pedagogy, governors island, public art, to do, traffic, williamsburg

Forum • Roundup

The Omnibus Roundup – keys, heavy things, Jackson Heights and transit congestion

In the past, keys to a city were reserved for the heroic and the honored. Now, thanks to artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, you can bestow a key to New York City upon your own personal hero. Through June 27th, “Key to the City” will distribute 35,000 free keys from their…