In The Conversation: Cape Town’s unfinished freeways: what it will take to finish the jobSeptember 25, 2018
This article published recently in The Conversation: Overlooking one of the busiest intersections […]
Four truths about roads and ‘unfinished’ freewaysMarch 5, 2018
Some years ago exasperated Professor of Transport Policy, Phil Goodwin took to the stage for his […]
‘Unfinished’ Foreshore Freeways – An unexpected monument to struggle?March 5, 2018
It’s almost fifty years since construction on the ‘unfinished’ foreshore freeways in Cape […]
The catastrophic consequences of demolishing freeways. Not.March 5, 2018
There has been an air of impossibility surrounding discussions about the Foreshore and […]
God-tricks and the ForeshoreMarch 5, 2018
It has been seventy years – a lifetime – since the first models for the Foreshore were […]
Freeways: who decides what’s re-presented?March 5, 2018
The Foreshore Freeways have been controversial from the outset. As the Long Street extension to […]
Freeways and “as-built” bias: elevated, depressed or something else?March 5, 2018
Citylift’s proposition for the Foreshore – a built earthwork ‘berm’ to replace the existing […]
“Lean and elegant”: The poetics of freeway buildingMarch 5, 2018
“Our proposal starts”, said one of the Foreshore bids “by re-arranging and completing the elevated […]
‘Unfinished’ Foreshore Freeways – Let’s start with a clear briefMarch 1, 2018
The morning of Tuesday 21 June – I’m listening intently to the Mayor and Mayco Member for […]
Dreams of freeway utopias: who benefits?March 1, 2017
In the Spring of 1937 Shell Oil Company employed stage designer Norman Bel Geddes, to create a […]
