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Gerhard Mayer

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E-scooters have potential to transform cities. Photo: Nathan Rupert/Flickr

Little Vehicles (including E-Scooters) Can Help Heal Car-Centric Cities

By Gerhard Mayer | Jan 30, 2019 | 1 Comment
LVs can be the catalyst for L.A. to transform the urban fabric long term, to work better as compact walkable urban fabric around transit.
A part of Amsterdam - from Atlas of the Dutch Urban Block

Successful Buildings For A Better City

By Gerhard Mayer | Feb 17, 2017 | 6 Comments
L.A. can learn from a great variety of urban building types around the world.

L.A.’s Urban Future: More Places Where I Want to Sit

By Gerhard Mayer | Nov 20, 2015 | 23 Comments
I sometimes dream about a different Los Angeles; not the sprawling congested city, but an L.A. that is a series of walkable villages, like for example Santa Monica. They would be full of life and economic vitality, with corner stores, markets, coffee shops, plazas and parks. And they would all be connected by rail lines; streetcars that can whisk us away […]

Guest Editorial: Urban Change in L.A. – Too Little, Too Slow

By Gerhard Mayer | Sep 12, 2014 | 8 Comments
There are many suggestions how to ‘fix’ L.A., but we still fail to connect the financial troubles of our city with its physical shape. Our sprawling urban landscape has a structural land use imbalance that is a major cause for our financial problems; unchanged, L.A.’s urban form undermines our recovery and jeopardizes our future prosperity. […]
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