2019-08-26
Infrastructure.
* Why Vision Zero is the wrong goal for improving street safety in New York, where twice as many cyclist…
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
2019-08-19
Planning & Strategy.
* Human beings exploring space is something many of us space enthusiasts daydream about, but the technologies required…
2019-08-12
Planning & Strategy.
* "Liminal Lingering" and "Cockroaching" are among the curious glossary of terms used by…
2019-08-05
Signals.
* Humanity witnesses its first birth of a ‘submarine’ volcano close to the island of Mayotte, which apparently is a…
2019-07-29
Planning & Strategy.
* Toyota unveiled five robots that will support both athletes and attendees at Tokyo 2020, including one that…
2019-07-22
Ground Control to Major Tom.
* Carl Sagan’s reflections serve as a reminder that Apollo wasn’t about science, it…
2019-07-15
Digital Land Rush.
* Digital commerce has already doubled the value of prime warehousing land to meet same-day shipping demand. A…
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2019-07-08
Architecture & Urbanism.
* How a tiny mapping error led to a massive tax break for a Baltimore real estate development…
2019-07-01
Planning & Strategy.
* Ben Thompson on Jony Ive's departure from Apple.
* Chris Denney (who is a key part…
2019-06-24
Planning & Strategy.
* On nuclear power's (underrated) role in successfully decarbonizing electric power generation. "If the electricity…
2019-06-17
Planning & Strategy.
* France plans to ban the practice of destroying unsold consumer products; a similar ban for food is…
2019-06-10
Planning & Strategy.
* Madrid's central city low emission zone - which appeared to have reduced NOx, CO2, and…