Americans are so dependent on cars compared with the rest of the world that parking meters are often seen (or remembered) as an annoyance -and good riddance when they go! But the more you know about them, the more intere...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/26/In-Praise-of-Parking-Meters/
Cities that are planned before they are populated have a sense of order that can really be appreciated when seen from above. You'd expect that from modern cities, like Brasilia or Canberra, but the beauty of Palmanova, I...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/29/Planned-Cities-Seen-From-Space/
This shopping center in Reading, Pennsylvania has a crosswalk that leads to nowhere. Codes required a certain number of pedestrian crosswalks, despite the fact that there are no sidewalks. This is the required accessible...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/11/crosswalk-to-nowhere/
Shaun Sanders leads us through the different way US cities treat pedestrians, illustrated with pedestrian crossing signs. See the rest at Hipmunk Link -via Laughing Squid...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/30/a-pedestrians-guide-to-the-usa/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJQTc-TqpU] YouTube link. Those who have tried their hand at Sim City 3000 will be interested in this video of what is claimed to be the maximum size city possible. "Magnasant...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/16/magnasanti-the-largest-possible-sim-city/
