Inflatable Space Stations(worksinprogress.co)

68 points by bensouthwood 11 months ago | 28 comments

The Wonder of Modern Drywall(worksinprogress.co)

28 points by zdw 8 months ago | 39 comments

Why Japan has such good railways(worksinprogress.co)

537 points by RickJWagner 6 months ago | 507 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay explaining why Japan's railway system is so effective.

How the world’s first electric grid was built(worksinprogress.co)

97 points by zdw 7 months ago | 30 comments

South Korea – A Cautionary Tale for the Rest of Humanity(worksinprogress.co)

19 points by barry-cotter 10 months ago | 27 comments

The death rays that guard life(worksinprogress.co)

49 points by ortegaygasset 1 year ago | 34 comments

US cities pay too much for buses(bloomberg.com)

328 points by pavel_lishin 1 year ago | 528 comments

Bloomberg CityLab article on a paper arguing that limited competition, custom features, and Buy America rules inflate US transit bus costs.

If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity(streets.mn)

500 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 527 comments

A Strong Towns repost of a streets.mn essay arguing that encouraging walking requires designing streets that give pedestrians dignity.

The Mars Delusion(noemamag.com)

8 points by Tomte 29 days ago | 4 comments

Noema Magazine essay arguing that establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk and questioning why so many people are obsessed with it.

Most people prefer traditional architecture(worksinprogress.news)

332 points by alihm 1 month ago | 285 comments

A Works in Progress newsletter essay by Samuel Hughes arguing that people broadly agree in preferring traditional architecture over modern styles.

City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2(radical-elements.com)

150 points by lexx 23 days ago | 143 comments

Blog post by Alex Lingris, the second part of an essay arguing city-building games like Cities: Skylines 2 lack soul.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.