Project Pedestrian

Tag: Urban planning

  • Laura Pfeifer – Pedestrian

    Laura Pfeifer – Pedestrian

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    Mark Wihak
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    I really enjoyed talking with Laura about her passion for cities and walking. I first met Laura around 2010 at a Jane’s Walk, which Laura brought to Regina and organised even after she moved away from the city. Laura’s Regina Urban Ecology blog and related activities, which ran from 2009-2015, documented really interesting discussions and…

  • Pedestrian Space

    Pedestrian Space

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    Mark Wihak
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    Pedestrian Space is a wonderful resource on a range of topics connected to walking. Created by Annika Lundkvist, Pedestrian Space is an NGO that “through media, communications and research, advocates and educates on walkability as a central aspect of sustainable urbanism”. The website has an extensive catalogue of materials, including a reading list, and connections…

  • Shawn Micallef – Pedestrian

    Shawn Micallef – Pedestrian

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    Mark Wihak
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    I had the pleasure of talking with Shawn Micallef about his book Stroll, Spacing magazine, and walking in Toronto. Shawn and I also recorded a walk in the neighbourhood around Dufferin Grove Park in Toronto, an area familiar to both of us. Shawn lives south of Dufferin Grove Park, and I lived near the intersection…

  • Walkable cities

    Walkable cities

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    Mark Wihak
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    The American Geographical Society published a story on the world’s most walkable cities, and the winner is Milan, Italy! Two cities Project Pedestrian has spent extensive time in, Lyon, France (5) and Genoa, Italy (9), are in the top ten and we can understand why, we loved walking in them. 45 of the world’s 50…

  • Waiting for a green Karl

    Waiting for a green Karl

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    Mark Wihak
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    The German city of Trier remembers its native son Karl Marx with a few transit signals near the street where he was born. Unlike where I live, pedestrians in Trier don’t need to press a “beg button” in order to get a green Karl, it’s a part of the regular cycle of lights. (Like Lyon,…

  • Lyon: A city designed for pedestrians

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    Mark Wihak
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    I started work on Project Pedestrian in March 2025 in a city I’d never been before: Lyon, France. I didn’t know much about Lyon before going there and that was the point. Walking is a good way to get to know a place, and I wanted to learn about Lyon by walking in it. It…