Third Wave Urbanism

Bikes have become in many ways a loaded term you're either for or against. They incite aggression when bike lanes replace car parking, and bring up questions of gentrification and equity when dispersing bike share corrals or protected lanes. So what is it about bikes - a fun youthful activity - that turns them into a contested form of transportation as an adult? It's no secret that we like bikes, and in this episode we discuss a few recent articles on the subject, and return to what got us on a bike (and sticking with it) over the years. Thank you for listening! And as always, you can find more at thirdwaveurbanism.com/ and check out our respective social media accounts for more urban observations: Katrina can be found at twitter.com/think_katrina Kristen can be found at twitter.com/blackurbanist Portland's "bikeway innovation": http://bikeportland.org/2016/08/02/say-hello-to-crossbikes-portlands-latest-bikeway-innovation-188841 Bike share and protected bike lanes: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062446/world-changing-ideas/the-key-to-making-cities-safer-protected-bike-lanes-and-bike-shares?utm_content=buffer1da46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Police on bikes after the RNC: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/rnc-police-bike-unit-trump Cycling is worth the “risk”: https://ig.ft.com/sites/urban-cycling/ Kristen’s Bike Story: http://theblackurbanist.com/on-a-woman-and-her-bikes/ Katrina's recent bike "innovation" rant: https://thinkurban.org/2016/09/04/its-time-to-put-an-end-to-bikeway-band-aids/ Intro and closing music is "Urban Life" by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

The world of good urban advocacy is still often dominated by a white male voice. One of our goals for Third Wave Urbanism is to bring to the forefront the many varied voices that aren't necessarily highlighted in conferences and panels, the news, and publications. One of those voices over the years in New York City has been Helen Ho, a longtime activist for safe cycling in the city and currently the Director of External Affairs at LaGuardia Community College in the great borough of Queens. As a New York native, Helen talks about her experiences living and working in the city and field of bicycle advocacy as a minority woman, including her work with the Biking Public Project - an initiative that aims to "expand local cycling advocacy discussions by reaching out to underrepresented bicyclists around New York City including women, people of color, and delivery cyclists". Helen can be found on Instagram and Twitter as @ helenshirley and you can find more information about the Biking Public Project at http://bikingpublicproject.tumblr.com/. As always, you can find us on Twitter @ thirdwaveurban. On Instagram and Twitter, you can find Katrina posting photos as @ think_katrina and Kristen's commentary @ blackurbanist. Our website is thirdwaveurbanism.com, and you can find us on all major podcast platforms. And if you like this, please give us a rating! We're dedicated to continuing discussions like these, and would love to hear what you think.

The subject of shopping may sound one-dimensional at first, but there's a lot to be said about urban form and how we access centers of commerce that are available to us. In this episode we think back on our experiences growing up in and around main streets and shopping malls, and what we think the future of commerce looks like - and how it can foster community - despite online shopping and suburban sprawl. As always, you can find more at http://thirdwaveurbanism.com/ and check out our respective social media accounts for more urban observations. Katrina can be found at https://twitter.com/think_katrina Kristen can be found at https://twitter.com/blackurbanist Thank you so much for listening and passing it on! Here are some of the notes from this episode: Nostalgic stores now gone: http://metv.com/lists/7-discount-stores-from-back-in-the-day-you-probably-forgot-existed The "buy nothing" movement: https://www.adbusters.org/bnd/ The development of strip malls in America: http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbeyer/2016/08/26/americas-ugly-strip-malls-were-caused-by-government-regulation/#352ab5b4492d Supermarket history: http://www.groceteria.com/ Documentary on supermarkets: http://www.hulu.com/watch/221947 Retrofitting Suburbia Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia?language=en And just for fun/nostalgia-busting, what Hot Topic looks like now: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/this-is-what-hot-topic-looks-like-now?utm_term=.lmEZ1o5W2#.ky02r3a5A Intro and closing music is "Urban Life" by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Riding public transportation while female is an experience in and of itself, and often presents challenges that are not considered in transportation planning. Around the world, our experiences may differ depending on the level of acceptance of being a woman in a public space - but the bottom line is that comfort for everyone needs to be the priority in order to increase riders of public transportation. In this episode we talk with Nidhi Gulati of the Livable Streets Alliance in Boston, Massachusetts, who talks about her experiences on public transit in her native India. Join us as we discuss tactics for avoiding unwanted male attention, women-only sections of subways (and whether it's a good idea), and what a flaneur is anyway. Nidhi Gulati can be found at @gulatinidhi on Twitter, and you can learn more about the Livable Streets Alliance projects on their site: http://www.livablestreets.info/ And as always you can find us on Twitter @thirdwaveurban. Here are some of the articles we used as reference in this episode: Kristen’s recent blog post on transit in Washington DC: http://theblackurbanist.com/what-we-need-is-more-not-less-transit-in-our-major-cities/ Guardian Cities - Female Flaneurs https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/29/female-flaneur-women-reclaim-streets?CMP=fb_a-cities_b-gdncities Cities in Transition - Women in the City and public space https://citiesintransition.eu/cityreport/women-in-the-city-2 NPR - Women’s-only car in Delhi http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/04/472997605/why-i-love-riding-on-the-women-only-car-on-delhis-metro Germany - women/children only cars http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/03/28/german-trains-to-offer-women-and-children-only-cars/ CityLab - San Francisco asking for transit input http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/08/san-francisco-wants-you-to-design-its-future-transit-system/496583/?utm_source=nl__link3_081916

What does it mean to rank cities on livability or quality of life? In this episode we look at the recently released Monocle Quality of Life Survey for 2016 and discuss how it, and other ranked city lists (not listicles!), can impact the way cities progress and compete. Whether looking at overall metrics of a city like housing, affordability, safety, and public transportation - or even if it's possible to sit at a cafe at 11pm and sip a glass of wine - we think these mixed-methods surveys have their merit, especially for the purposes of promoting good urban practices. Other lists focus on more specific aspects like individual countries or bicycle infrastructure and culture, like the Copenhagenize Bicycle Friendly List, and serve a purpose towards encouraging other cities to improve that specific item as well. So what do you think? Do you keep up with these lists each year or do you find fault in their metrics? Have you been to any of the cities or do you live there and have a difference experience? Let us know our twitter https://twitter.com/ThirdWaveUrban! Here are some of the articles and full lists referenced in this episode: Skift article on Monocle cities: https://skift.com/2016/06/22/monocles-new-quality-of-life-top-25-cities-survey-tokyo-is-tops-again/ Video on Monocle cities: https://monocle.com/film/affairs/top-25-cities-2016/ Night mayors: http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/01/night-mayor-amsterdam-mirik-milan/433893/ https://monocle.com/film/affairs/night-mayors/ Monocle video on Tokyo: https://monocle.com/film/affairs/most-liveable-city-2016-tokyo/ Copenhagenize Bicycle Friendly Cities index: http://copenhagenize.eu/index/ Personal account of moving to DC: http://katieaune.com/moving-to-dc/ Barcelona superblocks: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-rescue-barcelona-spain-plan-give-streets-back-residents http://www.vox.com/2016/8/4/12342806/barcelona-superblocks Video on racism in “progressive northern states” like Oregon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4U1ozz7nM8&index=4&list=PLnvZ3PbKApGM-hHuQ9lNc5oSKsusjn0Z6 Livability rankings - US - 2016: http://www.livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2016 Rent control in Paris (working well): http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/08/paris-rent-control-laws-are-working/494282/?utm_source=nl__link2_080316 Rent control in Berlin (Doing okay): https://theknowledgeexchangeblog.com/2016/05/06/rent-controls-lessons-from-berlin/ Portland housing prices: http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/05/pf/oregon-unaffordable-california/

In this episode of Third Wave Urbanism, we talk about the Olympics in Rio and the urban design surrounding it and other Olympic events. The Olympics are great for their globalization efforts, raising awareness of diverse women in sports, and generally providing a platform for friendly competition. But with all of the failures in city infrastructure and the cost of creating megastructures that are used only for this event - while negating the everyday issues the rest of its citizens face - we wonder: will this ever be successful urban design? Should there be a permanent location for the Olympics instead? And what about other sports stadiums in cities that are built with otherwise equally good intentions? Here's our take on it, along with some of our sports-related experiences as well. For more commentary, read up on the following articles we also used as reference: Olympics staying put rather than moving around: http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/08/what-if-the-olympics-stayed-put/494792/?utm_source=nl__link2_080816 Rio Olympics tech investment: http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/08/will-rio-be-a-smarter-city-after-the-olympic-games/494912/?utm_source=nl__link3_080916 Urban design: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2016/aug/09/is-rio-olympic-architecture-a-success Favelas: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/aug/02/rio-olympics-view-from-the-favelas-alemao-the-only-olympic-legacy-i-see-is-repression Bike infrastructure collapse: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/rio-de-janeiro-bicycle-path-collapse-death-brazil-olympic-games Ancient Greece: http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-05/ancient-olympics-were-dirty-violent-corrupt-affairs-there-was-even-regular-doping Transforming Olympic architecture: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062615/these-olympic-venues-are-designed-to-transform-into-schools-after-the-games Ikea’s London Olympics buildings: http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/nieuws/inti/Strand-East.html http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680442/ikea-continues-planning-its-empire-of-sustainable-city-districts Abandoned Olympic venues: http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/abandoned-olympic-venues/#BTnMhcjORqqt Montreal's stadium: http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/08/montreal-olympic-stadium-revitalization/495437/ Health issues and Zika virus: http://www.citylab.com/work/2016/08/why-the-rio-2016-games-is-bad-for-athletes-health-zika/493925/ Compilation of CityLab articles on Rio: http://www.citylab.com/special-report/eye-on-rio/ Sustainability issues in Rio: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/2016-rio-olympics-water-feces-athletes-mouth-shut-brazil-a7163021.html Protests and Political climate: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-olympic-protesters-tear-gas-police-brazil-a7175271.html

In this pilot episode of Third Wave Urbanism, Kristen and Katrina discuss the Pokémon Go phenomenon and how it relates to public spaces in cities. As millennials, we grew up with the early introduction of technology in the household, but also the intersection between digital and reality as we spent time in semi-public arcades and simultaneously playing hand-held video games at home. As urbanists, we are interested in the impact of this and other augmented reality applications on our public spaces, and what the future holds for urban planning and gamification. So is this a good thing, or is it just a distraction? Tune in to find out our take based on our experience, the many articles out on the subject, and through discussions with fellow urbanists. Here are some of the recent articles covering the debate that we use as a reference for this episode: The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/where-did-pokemon-go-get-its-map/490799/ Roar Magazine: https://roarmag.org/essays/pokemon-go-where-google-says/ FastCo Design: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3061718/pokemon-go-is-quietly-helping-people-discover-their-cities City Lab: http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/07/pokemon-go-flaneur-baudelaire/490796/ Jacobin Magazine: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/pokemon-go-pokestops-game-situationist-play-children/ Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pokemon-go-cities-walking-public-space_us_578e8581e4b07c722ebc993e Slate: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/07/12/pokemon_go_vs_the_racism_and_sexism_of_the_outside_world.html The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/22/urban-gamification-pokemon-go-transform-public-spaces?CMP=fb_a-cities_b-gdncities ArchDaily: http://www.archdaily.com/791694/21st-century-nolli-how-pokemon-go-and-augmented-reality-could-shape-our-cities Dead Men's Eyes: http://www.dead-mens-eyes.org/why-pokemon-go-should-not-be-the-future-of-an-engaged-public/ Belt Magazine: http://beltmag.com/memorializing-tamir-rice/?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=readMore&utm_campaign=partner Project for Public Spaces: http://www.pps.org/blog/go-pokemon-go-the-social-life-of-virtual-urban-spaces/ LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-pokemon-demographics-20160718-snap-story.html And that funny Pikachu-saddle picture: http://hypebeast.com/2016/7/pawel-kuczynski-pokemon-go Our intro music is "Urban Life" by Gustavs Strazdin used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode