Urban Designer Answers City Planning Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alexandros Washburn joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about city planning. How does the New York City Subway compare to others worldwide? What are the pros and cons of rent control initiatives? Which city can lay claim to being "smartest" in the world? Or has the best airport? What challenges will the urban designers of tomorrow need to meet? Alexandros Washburn answers these questions and many more on City Planning Support.



0:00 Urban Planning Support

0:15 Safer bike lanes

0:37 How does the NYC Subway compare to others worldwide?

1:26 The pros and cons of rent control policy

2:33 Sorry, Boston drivers

2:56 Green Singapore

3:43 …featuring the best airport in the world

4:29 P A R I S

5:09 Smart cities

5:39 Car go vroom

6:24 Converting empty offices into housing

7:30 The challenges facing urban planners of tomorrow

8:17 Library Late Nites

8:50 Why pay tolls?

9:49 How to survive summer Dubai heat

10:49 “Fixing” Los Angeles traffic?



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