2019-08-26
Infrastructure. * Why Vision Zero is the wrong goal for improving street safety in New York, where twice as many cyclist fatalities have already occurred this
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.
2019-08-19
Planning & Strategy. * Human beings exploring space is something many of us space enthusiasts daydream about, but the technologies required are real, hard, and in
2019-08-12
Planning & Strategy. * "Liminal Lingering" and "Cockroaching" are among the curious glossary of terms used by SWA Group, a landscape architecture
2019-08-05
Signals. * Humanity witnesses its first birth of a ‘submarine’ volcano close to the island of Mayotte, which apparently is a “department of France” just off
2019-07-29
Planning & Strategy. * Toyota unveiled five robots that will support both athletes and attendees at Tokyo 2020, including one that fetches javelins and shotputs. * A
2019-07-22
Ground Control to Major Tom. * Carl Sagan’s reflections serve as a reminder that Apollo wasn’t about science, it was about displaying military power.