Photographing built environment and city spaces was my ‘hook’ into urbanism 24 years ago when I moved to a bustling Pacific Northwestern city. It would be myContinue Reading
GWCN: Summer Streets of Malmö with Elin Engqvist Friday September 1, 2023 Learn about Malmö’s Summer Streets program with Elin Engqvist who works in traffic planning atContinue Reading
I have shared these anecdotal bits probably over a dozen times but enjoy periodically sharing how the understanding of walkability developed as a holistic process through chaptersContinue Reading
Where did you first experience walkability? For me it was childhood Summer visits to Malmö. These visits form my earliest memories of moving about a city byContinue Reading
Elin Karlsson is a landscape architect for the southern Swedish city of Malmö and project manager of the summer streets in the city. Originally from Jönköping andContinue Reading
We love spending time in Malmö & appreciating its walkability. Every city has room to improve but we truly view this southern Swedish city as a laboratoryContinue Reading
Malmö is Sweden’s third largest city and fits the profile of a ’20 minute city’ well. Within the city itself, neighborhoods and various city quarters are easilyContinue Reading
In our investigation of Summer Streets in cities across Sweden, we chatted with APLACE store manager Linus Jaxin on the summer pedestrianization of Kärleksgatan in Malmö. HeContinue Reading
Malmö began it’s summer street program in 2017. The summer streets begin in April and last until October. Streetspace formerly reserved for car traffic gives way toContinue Reading
