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Intrigue & Uncertainty

Towards new traffic taming tools

How we lost our streets to traffic and how to get them back.

When intrigue and uncertainty improve safety and when they compromise safety.

What residents and cities can do to slow traffic using activity.

Using design to slow traffic: six design principals.

Four social programs to tame school and neighborhood traffic.

Why using intrigue and uncertainty to reduce speed will reduce a city's exposure to liability.

Full version: 32 pages, 30 pictures plus diagrams. 784k pdf file.

Abridged version: All pictures removed. 252k pdf file.

The Third Space Project

Community consultation is in crises world-wide because of a simple oversight: people do not have a singular, unified set of values. Current consultation techniques force people to adopt a single identity with a singular set of values. This results in 'the politics of blame' and kills creativity. Our approach enables participants to 'move to the third space' and to be more innovative.

19 pages 182k pdf file.

Towards Vibrant Local Economies

The current discussion about local economies is being dominated by eight powerful myths. Myth one is that the economy is about money. This eBook containts a set of key questions to ask in thinking about creating a robust, vibrant, local economy.

14 pages 215k pdf file.