Skip to main content


 #cityplanning #urbandevelopment #cities 

Place more emphasis on density, walkability, environmental impact and diversity. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Texting while Driving in Guyana

Texting while driving means the act of composing a text, social media message, or any form of using the web while driving. Accidents while texting and driving occur regularly in Guyana, and the issue of texting while driving is becoming even more problematic. This new trend in drivers is hazardous and is considered an alarming distraction. A driver that engages in the active use of their cellphone while driving combines all three types of distraction – visual, manual, and cognitive. Texting takes at least five seconds to complete, which is long enough for a motor vehicle to cover the length of a football field while driving at 55 mph. Dangers of Texting While Driving For many young drivers, there is a compulsive urge to respond to a phone call or read a text message that they received while driving. Receiving pleasant messages sends a signal to the brain that makes you feel happy. This form of distracted driving doesn’t feel dangerous, and most drivers will defend...
3 comments
Read more

The Role of Libraries in the Digital Age

  Several technological advances have eliminated, supplanted, or altered the more traditional forms of information provided by libraries. For example, recorded thought in the form of a book, monograph, or newspaper is at the very core of what a library has traditionally provided its users. This material is now available in new forms and accessible in new ways. The content and services of libraries have already changed greatly in the last few years as existing information has been converted to electronic form and made available online as with the University of Guyana Library which launched its online services in 2011 and 2012, and on Intranets in corporate libraries in Guyana. Many institutions in Guyana and even other countries will continue to make progress in digitizing existing content to free up shelf space and make more information available to more people outside.   As electronic information continues to grow, printed material no longer is regarded as the gold standa...
Post a Comment
Read more

Road Safety Month 2023: A Brief Note on Traffic Calming

  The birth of traffic calming dates back to the 1960s when car ownership and car use increased significantly (Jhasz & Koren, 2016). Road congestion became a constant problem in most cities especially in Western Europe. It began as a grassroots movement. Angry Dutch residents took back their space used for roads and spread obstacles to force cars to maneuver through the area at a much slower pace. They turned streets into “woonerven” or “living yards”. This idea was to show that the space should be shared by residents and vehicles. The government took note and over the next decade they endorsed the idea.  Laws and regulations were changed to permit “woonerven” designs in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, England, France, Japan, Israel, Austria, and Switzerland. By 1990, there were more than 3,500 shared streets in the Netherlands and Germany, 300 in Japan, and 600 in Israel. (Traffic Calming: State of the Practice) The primary function of traffic calming measures became to shi...
Post a Comment
Read more