Alex Gilliam

Submitted via facebook by K.- Oh my god...I love it...it is a fantastic idea...and just a side note- I take my community based clients to playgrounds. I spend at least 4-5 hours a week on slides, han...

Submitted via email from Ragna in Germany!! Thanks Ragna, you rock.- ----- i just read your blog and i was just lately discussing a very similar topic with tobi. and we talked about how we spent our...

Re-posted from an email- (Your article) Brought back fond memories of my childhood in canada. I'm the product of a completely hands off approach to parenting where my parents set very few boundaries...

Tim. It's really funny how inconsistently we label things as being dangerous. Do you think your parents didn't want to leave home alone because of the various things that are dangerous within your hou...

David. Thanks for bringing a 'country' experience into the mix. When you were around 8 years old, did you primarily get about or explore by using the roads or by cutting across your the property of yo...

Heyzeus, Thanks for your comment. Did you and your friend just play in the cul de sac, literally in the middle of the cul de sac? What did you do? And were there lots of busy roads immediately beyond ...

Re-posted from emails and facebook- I could ride my bike possibly two miles to the country club/pool alone when I was 8 - 1980. -Sutton One time i went deep, deep into happy hollow park, over the h...

I grew up in what was then a small town in Virginia, so even though the area we lived in was developed, there were large swaths of green space that my brother and I could easily explore. Some of that ...

For those of you who missed it this morning, CBS Sunday Morning did a piece on street design and possible misconceptions about traffic safety: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5377256n&tag=cont...

Triman. Thanks for your comment and giving a little more background on the Methleys. Along these lines, I think it is important to note that the greening of their streets arose out of need- as you poi...

Shawn. My understanding is that the use of mimes and painting symbols in the road pointing out traffic related deaths came about for cultural/historical reasons, significant enforcement problems and r...

Tim. You bring up a good point about rules and the 15% that is always going to be more inclined to break the rules or be more risky drivers......no matter what the design of the street. I think the e...

Gary. Thanks for your comments. You make a good point about assumptions and rights. Although doing it since I first hopped on a bike, I recently became fully aware of the fact that when I do ride, I o...

Sporkie. Thanks for these videos. They are pretty remarkable to watch. The almost non-stop movement choreographed movement is truly impressive. They do have a frighteningly high rate of traffic relate...

Mike, There are few opportunities in public life in Austin, much less any place in this country to have an open conversation about the many things that make a city a great city; the quality of our ci...