Category: Car Blanche
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On care
Last week I had the opportunity to share some of my dissertation research at the Royal Geographical Society’s annual conference in London. Given the title of my presentation “The Care of Mobility: Toward a Moral Framework for Streets,” I was thrilled to see so much discourse on care in mobility.…
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On identities
Earlier this week I (finally) had the opportunity to attend the Cycling and Society Symposium, this year hosted in the beautiful city of Lund, Sweden. I was grateful to present modal identity, a concept I’ve developed through my work on the conflict system of vehicular violence and the ideology of…
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On paradoxes
Even though being a PhD student in peace and conflict studies makes me a bit of an odd duck in planning spaces (a role I’m beginning to relish), planning will always be the field that feels like home. It’s the discipline that opened my eyes to the world, allowed me…
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On traffic gardens
It’s not often that you have a dream for something that you know will bring joy, play, and connection to your neighborhood and then have the opportunity to bring the vision to life. Last weekend I had the extraordinary opportunity to install a pop-up traffic garden on a closed-off street…
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On community
As mentioned in my last post, I recently attended the first-ever Crossroads Convening. It was remarkable to see what the volunteer leadership team pulled together with little in the way of time or resources, and it was equally remarkable to see the demand for what was on offer – what…
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On “choice” (riders)
Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to attend not one, but two conferences – TCamp and the Crossroads Convening. In addition to talking about freedom at TCamp, Jarrett Walker also briefly discussed the problematic terminology of “captive” transit riders, i.e., those that have no other option but…
Peace and Planning 