Green roof

from: https://twitter.com/Jennleegun/status/749034127135895552

Population density

from: http://twistedsifter.com/2016/06/where-ten-percent-of-the-world-lives/

The origins of Livable Streets

"In order to illustrate the negative impact of high volumes of traffic on the social functioning of the quartier, we are summarizing a study completed in San Francisco in 1981. On three San Francisco Streets with light, moderate and heavy levels of traffic volume residents were asked to draw their activities and attitudes about the street environment in front of their houses."
from: https://sunnvancouver.wordpress.com/streets/

Solar Roadways

"Solar Roadways® (SR) is a modular system of specially engineered solar panels that can be walked and driven upon. Our panels contain LED lights to create lines and signage without paint. They contain heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation. The panels have microprocessors, which makes them intelligent. This allows the panels to communicate with each other, a central control station, and vehicles. Many people are surprised to learn that our panels are made of glass… but not ordinary glass. SR panels are made of specifically formulated tempered glass, which can support the weight of semi-trucks. The glass has a tractioned surface which is equivalent to asphalt."

from: http://www.solarroadways.com/

from: http://www.curbed.com/2016/6/21/11976224/solar-panel-street-pavers-missouri-energy-route-66

more information:

Flashback Friday!

Toronto - image by Cherish.

Canada!

Making the rounds on the internet but still interesting and very true!
"Canada is a gigantic country — but most of its roughly 36 million people live in a very small area."

"The area below the red line includes most of Nova Scotia, in Canada's east, but most of the population comes from the area a little farther west, in a sliver of Quebec and a densely populated stretch of Ontario near the Great Lakes."

from: http://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11584064/canada-population-map

Wayfinding and legibility

Can you see the difference between these two fonts?

"At the time, the FHWA agreed. In its 2004 approval memo, the agency noted that Clearview boosted highway-sign legibility for drivers traveling at 45 miles per hour by 80 feet of reading distance—or 1.2 seconds of bonus reading time."

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/01/official-united-states-highway-sign-font-clearview/427068/

Also: http://www.citylab.com/design/2013/05/torontos-gorgeous-old-street-signs-might-soon-be-sale/5545/

from: http://ilovetypography.com/2012/04/19/the-design-of-a-signage-typeface/