Trackless Trams — an obsession.

I’ve been reporting on the Trackless Tram innovation for several years now (pre-pandemic!). For this piece — How Trackless Tram could help revitalize city suburbs, published by the World Economic Forum — I worked with Professor Peter Newman, the foremost expert on this topic in the English speaking world. The piece went viral, as did the video that accompanies it. This high-tech, autonomous tram, developed in China, rides like a train but doesn’t run on rails (i.e. it’s flexible and a lot cheaper to install). Everyone always asks me, well, isn’t that a bus? Read the article and tell me if this …

WXY in LA, Toronto, and DC

Claire Weisz, principal-in-charge of WXY architecture + urban design, will be on a distinguished panel of experts discussing the latest mobility innovations and what that means for public space. What can Los Angeles — and the Arts District in particular — learn from New York City projects, such as Astor Place and the Brooklyn Strand? Find out when Claire speaks on Dec. 19th at LA CoMotion. At the City Age Toronto conference — just on the heels of Sidewalk Labs’ announcement to create an innovation district on the Toronto waterfront — Claire will be discussing the firm’s work developing three …