Like economists have ‘GDP’ as a measure/indicator that they obsesses about, what should be ‘the’ indicator for urban designers?

Something that tells you if you are doing a good job as an urban designer/planner and something that you can work towards improving.

As Chennai adds more flyovers,

PSA: Flyovers inside dense urban areas are band-aids and not longterm solutions.

We are better spending that money on buying more AC buses.

This tariff chaos is a moment of collective learning about the intricate global supply chains that companies have built around the world!

Any suggestions for good empirical studies on urbanisation strategies/polycentric development in China?

Oftentimes you see bunching around entry/exit points of stations.

While there could be lot of space in the platform, people just stand near the escalators and lifts where they entered.

This has two problems.

1. Reduces the flow of the platform.
2. Makes on/deboarding slow.

This one was a banger!

Network city.

The world needs 121 new copper mines to meet global demand! 🤯

Happy 60th birthday to the Shinkansen, commonly known as the “bullet train”.

On 1 October 1964, the world's first high-speed rail service, had been launched between Tokyo and Osaka.

Slachtoffers van de winderige avond.
📍Wilhelminaplein