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Tim Courtney

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

Dear Friend,

6 min readSep 21, 2021

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

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Tim Courtney

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…

5 min readSep 5, 2021

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

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Tim Courtney

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?

10 min readMar 31, 2021

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

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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…

5 min readMay 28, 2020

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

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Tim Courtney

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…

6 min readMay 20, 2020

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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…

5 min readJun 3, 2019

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

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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…

1 min readMay 24, 2019

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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…

1 min readMay 23, 2019

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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…

1 min readMay 22, 2019

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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…

1 min readMay 21, 2019

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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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