New Urban Planning

And of course its on PBS. Where else would it be? It actually part of a larger series about the environment and planning called e2 (e squared). It started out as different kinds of episodes, but now they are doing whole runs on one topic. And they have six episodes about transportation airing now on PBS. They are:

london: the price of traffic – No surprise here, how London got congestion pricing. -http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/307_london_the_price_of_traffic_trailer.html

paris: velo libre – My favorite so far, all about the Paris bikeshare system: how it works, who designed and how it is maintained. Amongst the great nuggets of info in this one is that the maintenance facility is a floating barge on the Seine that travels up and down the river all day picking up broken bikes and dropping off repaired ones and doing the repairs between stops. Brilliant! – http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/308_paris_velo_liberte_trailer.html

food miles – I topic I am personally less excited about, but interesting none the less. How everyone’s food comes from far away, and how that is bad across the board.- http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/309_food_miles_trailer.html

seoul: the stream of consciousness – An interesting story about Seoul, SK demolishing an urban highway in a city obsessed with dense modernity. – http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/310_seoul_the_stream_of_consciousness_trailer.html

portland: a sense of place – Pure transit and TOD porn here. Love it. – http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/311_portland_a_sense_of_place_trailer.html

aviation: the limited sky – frankly, the most depressing of them all. all about how modern aviation as we know it is unsustainable. that does not make me happy. i like traveling. – http://www.pbs.org/e2/episodes/312_aviation_the_limited_sky_trailer.html

Unfortunately I cant post the whole shows, just the trailers. But break out that DVR remote and record these for free on PBS! Or you can buy them at the apple store or on DVD from PBS. Seriously, they are worth it.