International experiments in public space
From SPUR:
11:51 PM PDT on June 12, 2011
From SPUR:
From Pavement to Parks plazas and parklets, to transportation trials on Market Street, San Francisco is taking a new approach to public-space improvements. Looking to cities internationally for inspiration, each project is a laboratory for testing interventions before investing in long-term improvements. José Luis Moscovich of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and John King of the San Francisco Chronicle share their perspectives on SF and the larger international movement; moderated by Kit Hodge of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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