Fixing Our Cities: A CBC National Feature

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Chris Brown of CBC’s The National (Canada’s evening news program) put together this terrific story connecting the dots between urban health, resilience, design, and yes, happiness. I was thrilled to participate, along with happy city heroes Brent Toderian and Dr. Karen Lee. Here’s the video, with very compelling footage with Brent in Medellin:   Continue reading

TIME Magazine Happy City survey launches

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I worked with Chris Wilson at TIME Magazine and Chris Barrington-Leigh at McGill University to create this survey looking at happiness and urban factors in the USA. If you live in the USA, give it a click. We hope the results will reveal new insights about the relationship between cities and happiness. After a few thousand responses we’ll be reporting back with info graphics. Continue reading

Commuting for happiness

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A new survey of thousands of British commuters is turning years of accepted wisdom on its head. It turns out that taking transit can actually make us happy.                   Over the years, surveys of commuters have shown that people who cycle or walk report feeling the most joy on their journeys, followed by car drivers. People who take public transit have almost… Continue reading

Why cities need streets activists now

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‘Our cities are malleable. They can change. And all of us can play a part in that change.’ The activists at New York City’s Transportation Alternatives are among the greatest of urban heroes. These guys proved that smart activists can totally transform a city. So it was a special pleasure to sit down for a chat with Transalt scribe Graham Beck to talk about the intersection of design, happiness and livable streets activism.… Continue reading

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