If you think about public spaces, what comes to your mind? A quick google image search shows how public spaces are understood as a combination of squares, parks, sidewalks and other urban infrastructures. Public spaces are also perceived as areas populated by people walking, sitting, having a chat, playing and riding a bike. Streets, however, are understood at a different … [Read more...] about Streets and public spaces: getting the most bang for your buck
Julia Hollnagel
Julia trabaja en la División de Transporte del BID en las áreas de innovación de transporte urbano. Es de origen austriaco y tiene un doctorado por la Universidad de Tokio en ingeniería civil. Allí estudió en el laboratorio de diseño cívico y de paisaje. Julia ha trabajado en compañías consultoras japonesas para proyectos y estudios de transporte y desarrollo urbano, en varios países de sudeste de Asia, y ha estado recientemente en una adscripción en Londres para estudiar BIM (Building Information Modeling).
No cash, no card, no problem
The future of paying for public transport in the Latin America and Caribbean region Monday morning, you get on the bus to go to work, realize your bus card is in the other jacket. You frantically search for your wallet and luckily find the exact amount to pay for the fare while other passengers look at you angrily, impatiently waiting for the bus to move. The next time this … [Read more...] about No cash, no card, no problem