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Tim Courtney

Open letter to my pilot friend, who opposes my safety as a bicyclist.

Dear Friend,

Sep 21, 2021

Open letter to my pilot friend, who opposes my safety as a bicyclist.

Sep 21, 2021

How to Address Traffic Safety on your Street — Oakland, CA

Do people drive dangerously on your street, or on a street you use frequently? The Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) is…

Sep 5, 2021

How to Address Traffic Safety on your Street — Oakland, CA

Sep 5, 2021

How I built my own speed camera and proved my street has dangerous drivers.

Have you felt like more cars speed down your street during the pandemic?

Mar 31, 2021

How I built my own speed camera and proved my street has dangerous drivers.

Mar 31, 2021

Streets are user interfaces. Swap road rage for empathy using Personas.

Are you a lead foot or a careful driver? Do you boldly cross the street, or do you timidly wait and make eye contact with drivers? When…

May 28, 2020

Streets are user interfaces. Swap road rage for empathy using Personas.

May 28, 2020

Could user interface design be a useful metaphor for our streets?

Take a walk or ride your bike in an American city or suburb. Whether on two feet or two wheels, you’ll soon realize the streets weren’t…

May 20, 2020

Could user interface design be a useful metaphor for our streets?

May 20, 2020

Building cities for people, one LEGO® brick at a time

Lately I’ve taken up a new hobby; building little street vignettes out of virtual LEGO® bricks, and using them to tell stories. I want to…

Jun 3, 2019

Building cities for people, one LEGO® brick at a time

Jun 3, 2019

Smart Cities vs. Dumb Cities

The startup world is abuzz with “smart cities.” Just add tech, and everything will get better, right? Sensors, data, connected cars. It’s…

May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

Strict father morality: why New York gets “Vision Zero” enforcement wrong?

Vision Zero acknowledges that people in the traffic system make mistakes, therefore infrastructure should guide safe behavior and be…

May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019

Auto-dependency restricts freedom

For years, auto industry marketing has associated driving on the open road with freedom. It was a good con. Look around American…

May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

Multitasking slowly

Yesterday my partner recommended this episode of the TED Radio Hour podcast to help me think through the creative process I find myself in…

May 21, 2019

May 21, 2019

Tim Courtney

Tim Courtney

Building communities of the future. I like urban planning, Scandinavian design, & flying small airplanes. Former Experience Manager, LEGO IDEAS

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