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Best of #ModernMonday: Designing Pedestrian- and Bike-Friendly Cities

Every Monday, @dwell and @designmilk invite experts and fans to weigh in on trending topics in design. General manager of Los Angeles's Department of Transportation Seleta Reynolds as well as architect and activist Elizabeth Timme of LA-Más joined #ModernMonday this week to share their thoughts on how cities can become more pedestrian- and bike-friendly. Check out a few of our favorite responses, and use the hashtag #ModernMonday to join the conversation next week at 1pm EST / 10am PST. Reynolds and Timme will continue this conversation at Dwell on Design in Los Angeles at 2pm on May 30.

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For cities that were built for cars, what are ways that we can easily make the streets more pedestrian-friendly? @SomfyUSA: Create more open and green spaces to encourage commuting outside the car. @LADOTofficial: Our goal is to create beautiful, safe, well-organized streets quickly. @erikaheet: Here in L.A., where "nobody walks," we'd love to see safer buffer zones between cars and pedestrians.
For cities that were built for cars, what are ways that we can easily make the streets more pedestrian-friendly? @SomfyUSA: Create more open and green spaces to encourage commuting outside the car. @LADOTofficial: Our goal is to create beautiful, safe, well-organized streets quickly. @erikaheet: Here in L.A., where "nobody walks," we'd love to see safer buffer zones between cars and pedestrians.
The collaboration birthed a unique, compact design from interior to exterior. Using specific materials and colors to emphasize a warm sense of home, lead designer Adriana Balko explains "the car really shows bipolarity of both brands. We have a radical exterior and a cozy interior".
The collaboration birthed a unique, compact design from interior to exterior. Using specific materials and colors to emphasize a warm sense of home, lead designer Adriana Balko explains "the car really shows bipolarity of both brands. We have a radical exterior and a cozy interior".
There are eight parklet sections over the two blocks of Powell St. just north of the famous cable car turnaround. The street is a popular shopping district just south of Union Square that is routinely mobbed by locals and tourists alike. Undoubtedly the widening of the sidewalks, and narrowing of the street, will cause some growing pains, but as an investment in the pedestrian streetscape, this is a wonderful step.
There are eight parklet sections over the two blocks of Powell St. just north of the famous cable car turnaround. The street is a popular shopping district just south of Union Square that is routinely mobbed by locals and tourists alike. Undoubtedly the widening of the sidewalks, and narrowing of the street, will cause some growing pains, but as an investment in the pedestrian streetscape, this is a wonderful step.
When Boston-based artist Catherine Widgery was approached by El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department to create a series of artworks for the Mesa corridor, her first thought was, "How can art even be seen in this environment?" Her solution was to integrate the custom-fabricated metal screens into the architecture of each station to feature oversized images of local flora, such as the Algerian Ivy plant, seen in the image above at the Montecito station.
When Boston-based artist Catherine Widgery was approached by El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department to create a series of artworks for the Mesa corridor, her first thought was, "How can art even be seen in this environment?" Her solution was to integrate the custom-fabricated metal screens into the architecture of each station to feature oversized images of local flora, such as the Algerian Ivy plant, seen in the image above at the Montecito station.
Geraldine and Kit Laybourne’s apartment is inside architect Neil Denari’s HL23 building in the Chelsea arts district of New York. It hovers above the High Line, a former elevated rail line now transformed into a public park.
Geraldine and Kit Laybourne’s apartment is inside architect Neil Denari’s HL23 building in the Chelsea arts district of New York. It hovers above the High Line, a former elevated rail line now transformed into a public park.