BY: ELIJAH BASSETT The mainstream discussion surrounding health care tends to centre around the very obvious related issues: emergency room wait times, access to health insurance, wait lists for life-saving procedures, and so on. There’s no doubt that these are…
Barcelona is giving the streets back to pedestrians, one superblock at a time
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Living as we do in the age of the car, it isn’t always the most pleasant to be a pedestrian. But in Barcelona, a new Urban Mobility Plan could change the way pedestrians move through the city…
How Medellín used urban planning as a weapon to fight violent cartels and won
BY: VICTORIA STUNT A little girl, about three years old, is the only passenger on a miniature merry-go-round. The tiny horses are delicately painted. A tattered “Pilsen” beer umbrella is used to shade them, instead of the usual over-decorated roof…