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Urban Japan: The True Cost of Cars and Parking
Free street parking is not exactly free, and most Americans are paying a lot for it without knowing. This week we look at the real cost of street…
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Mojiko: Where the Wind Stops, the Sun Returns
This shop is a business and businesses deal in transactions. Yet nothing about our visits ever feels transactional. This draws us closer.
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Mojiko: We are Strange Tourists
On a slow travel journey in Mojiko, Japan, an evening walk leads to unexpectedly delicious food and reflections on what it means to belong to a place.
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Mojiko: Walking Under the Ocean
In case you are just joining us, the previous installment of this writing is here:
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Staying Put: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 2
This week we imagine what our urban areas would look like if everyone had electric cars, and we completely removed public transit, cycling, and walking…
Moving Through: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 1
Somebody asked recently, why not just have everyone drive electric cars, and make wider roads.
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Beautifully Abnormal Urban Japan, Part II: Jūsō and The Pedestrian Empires
Last time in Part I of this series, we explored the rail corridor between Osaka and Kobe, uncovering why it is so cheap and reliable compared to those…
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