Here’s a picture of a democracy of space in action. It’s a picture of what happens…

The problem is that when it comes to lift clubs for children and teenagers, I have…

Over the last few weeks of my PhD my Facebook posts grew in number and prophetic…

  It’s so important to have separation while studying, but how do you make sure that…

Write for an audience: Print off a list of all the people who want to read…

There’s a picture which will stay in my mind long after the Wynberg public participation meeting…

In the midst of PhD completion crisis management I felt Guilty all of the time. Guilty…

Here’s a picture of a democracy of space in action. It’s a picture of what happens…

“Our proposal starts”, said one of the Foreshore bids “by re-arranging and completing the elevated freeways…

“In Cape Town”, she said, “the green men are ‘shy’ and drivers don’t care about pedestrians.…

How can we work, through transport impact assessments (TIAs), towards a better city? How can we…

Karel Marten’s recent University of Cape Town Masterclass  on Transport Justice was full of worthwhile justice…

There’s something aching beautiful about the sight of young children walking, cycling or scooting to school.…

  “Without large and expensive investments for public (mass) transport or situations such as the cycle…

What, I was asked, did I think that Cape Town would be like in 2050? My…

  It’s almost fifty years since construction on the ‘unfinished’ foreshore freeways in Cape Town started.…

I tried to explain it to a friend: “It’s like the 21st kilometer of a half…

Towards the end of Sunday’s Bree Open Streets Day I finally took some time to sit…

Here’s the crux of a major problem facing the South African transport sector. Ethics demands that…

(The first in a series of posts baring some hard-won lessons about being a PhD student,…