Tag: book review
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
I wrote a book review for a class I’m taking and decided to post it on my blog as well (you can find it here).
The book was amazing. Jane Jacobs helped to shape Toronto to who it is today - full of character, full of life, and full of interesting people and places.
Her book definitely [...]
Posted: November 25th, 2008 under Book Reviews, Pedestrian, highway, sustainability, toronto.
Tags: book review, cars, Cities, Jane Jacobs, roads, sidewalks, Transportation
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Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic
A Must Read for Anyone who has Been Stuck in Traffic Before
Late August the Globe and Mail published an article Zoom, Zoom, Crash, Bang a comment by Margaret Wente discussing why men and women are inherently different drivers. What she also mentioned was Tom Vanderbilt’s new book Traffic. After reading the article I couldn’t wait [...]
Posted: October 2nd, 2008 under Book Reviews, Congestion, Transportation.
Tags: book review, cars, communting, Congestion, Tom Vanderbilt, traffic
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