If the pavement of a sidewalk is a key element for the flow organization, the urban furniture chosen to compose the public space is responsible for the qualification of the place, creating more ...

Sidewalk Labs, the Alphabet subsidiary focused on urban development and building, is showing how technology can be an aide in that process.The company’s product manager, Violet Whitney, and ...

The new “Urban Umbrella” design will make pedestrian travel easier, eliminate impact on local businesses, increase sustainability and improve safety of sidewalk sheds. For his design Mr. Choi ...

Asma Khalid speaks with Brent Toderian, former chief planner for Vancouver, Canada, about the "trick-or-treat test," which encourages residents to think about good neighborhood design on Halloween.

Some paving history. If you’ll pardon the pun, the story of street paving has a rocky beginning. Though urban sidewalks existed as early as Roman times, even in the late 19th century most ...

Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation arm of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., has launched Delve, a new generative design software tool that aims to guide developers, architects, and planners in ...

If you've ever run a big marathon in your city, you'll know the feeling can be electric. Blocked off streets, cars temporarily banished from the road and a sense of enormous freedom as you run.

A frustrated pedestrian was shocked to discover Houston's poor sidewalk design. As they walked through a neighborhood, the paved sidewalk suddenly ended. While the sidewalk's gap only lasted a few ...

An experimental study examines how social priming and sidewalk color design strategies nudge tourists along city streetscapes, motivating them to engage in healthy walking behavior as they explore a ...