Campus + Winter Town Walkability
2025-10-24
I don’t recall where I first heard it, but it’s a basic truth that rings true that for many US American youth, the college campus is theContinue Reading
Car-dependence & 15-minute City
2025-10-23
The photo below is from October 2015, arriving back home after a road trip, Mama + Son Adventure to Mohonk Mountain House. I love a good roadContinue Reading
Piloting ‘Pandemic Insights’
2025-10-13
It was April 2, 2020. Approximately half of the world’s population was in some form of lockdown now, and many more were experiencing various types of restrictionsContinue Reading
Memories, Mileus, Motivations
2025-10-05
One of the books I’m currently reading is ‘Geography and the Human Spirit’ by the late Anne Buttimer. I’m really valuing the interdisciplinary approach she takes toContinue Reading
From 15-minute city to 5-minute neighborhood realities
2025-10-01
I wrote the below in Örebro on May 27, 2020. I have been interested in issues of walkability for decades now but haven’t consistently lived in walkableContinue Reading
Fall in Love with Walking – and working towards change
2025-09-21
‘Fall in Love with Walking’ is one of the mantras I developed at Pedestrian Space. Here I am, photographed just a couple of days ago, sporting aContinue Reading
5 years of Pedestrian Space
2025-07-17
A little over 5 years ago (on May 17, 2020), I launched the Pedestrian Space Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/pedestrianspace/ I was a stay-at-home mom to two young childrenContinue Reading
Inhabiting Urban Research
2025-07-06
There have for sure been ‘bumps in the road’ and hand-wringing moments, however, overall, I would say my ‘return to academia’ (in my mid/late 40s!) has beenContinue Reading
SLOW CITY: A reflection
2025-06-28
Slow city…. Whoooooa! We recently left the capital city of Warsaw (after living there for 3 years) to move to the smaller city of Radom, about anContinue Reading
Neighborhood Reflections
2025-06-02
Neighborhood. A place. A local space. A feeling. A community. This is, in brief, how I perceive what a neighborhood is, or can be. How do youContinue Reading