http://promberger.info/public and how we use it Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:24:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The NY Times recently wrote about a crash test demonstrating that if you crash a small car into a medium-sized car, occupants of the medium-sized car fare better. Duh. The article also uncritically quotes the president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety with the conclusion that "downsizing and ... http://promberger.info/public/2009/04/27/are-the-roads-safer-if-everyone-drives-bigger-cars/ mySociety.org have some cool maps showing travel times for central London. All maps show travel times to the the Department for Transport (DfT) office in central London. This one shows areas where going by bike beats public transport if you need to get to the DfT office (note that all ... http://promberger.info/public/2008/01/31/cool-maps-showing-an-unsurprising-result/ Spotted near Fleet Street, London, on the same evening. ShareThis http://promberger.info/public/2008/01/29/cargo-bikes/ The Economist of 6th December, 2007 (full story, requires login) writes about U.S. subsidies for ethanol: In other words, the demands of America's ethanol programme alone account for over half the world's unmet need for cereals. Without that programme, food prices would not be rising anything like as quickly as they ... http://promberger.info/public/2007/12/16/hungry-cars/ How's this for an innovative, low-cost DIY traffic calming measure? A stretch of rope laid across the street: Our Man in Tirana posted this in July and noted that cars "almost always slow to a crawl when approaching" it. There's a whole collection of community initiatives to take traffic calming into ... http://promberger.info/public/2007/11/27/diy-traffic-calming/ The New Statesman had an article (in August) criticising the New Approach to Appraisal (Nata) rules for road building in the UK. Basically, Nata is a cost-benefit analysis framework for assessing proposals of road building projects, introduced by Labour in 1998. The author comes down hard against Nata. He's right ... http://promberger.info/public/2007/11/26/cost-and-benefit/ unraveled has put up an urban experience photo group on Flickr Welcome to Urban Experience! We're documenting the urban experience with a focus on information, design, interaction and usability. ShareThis http://promberger.info/public/2007/10/29/urban-experience-photo-group-on-flickr/ Hackney, the London borough where I currently live, has removed some pedestrian barriers. Maybe they'll remove even more; I don't know. This is good news. In case you don't understand why this is good news, I've taken some pictures to demonstrate a typical effect of these barriers at a junction ... http://promberger.info/public/2007/09/03/hackney-pedestrian-barriers/ I have moved this blog to promberger.info. I have redirected promberger.de to promberger.info. This means you are now reading this on the new domain. Please update your bookmarks. Apologies for any inconvenience. ShareThis http://promberger.info/public/2007/07/20/moving-this-blog-to-prombergerinfo/ 225,000 USD is what you can shell out if you want to buy a parking spot in Manhattan, according to the New York Times. Hmm, the subway is probably out because it's too gritty, and of course, mom Habberstad and her delightful offspring couldn't possibly cycle around town, what with ... http://promberger.info/public/2007/07/13/how-much/