Rural urbanism?

Does the rural environment necessitate a rejection of the human-centric principles we base urbanism on in the cities? An emerging Chinese rural development trend firmly says no.

Do you remember…?

There is value in learning your own history, in learning from historical mistakes. Unfortunately, humanity seems pretty inept at failing to prevent their recurrence…

Green, on two wheels

An increasingly indispensible part of our transport ecosystem, but not quite living up to its full potential. What’s stopping it, and what can we do?

Onward to 2024!

2023 has been a hectic year for many of us and for transport for Singapore. Here’s to what’s next in the coming year. Will it be as optimistic as the post title?

Campus tour

A visit to Huawei’s Dongguan campus leaves me amazed. The only pity? It’s a semi-closed city, only accessible to Huawei researchers and approved visitors. Who knew a tech behemoth’s RnD campus would be a model for New Urbanism?

Dispatch from the East

A collection of my observations of public transport and urbanism across some Chinese cities I was in across the past few days. Part 1.

Revisiting Standards…And Benchmarks (Part II)

The second-part of how standards are misinterpreted in Singapore’s transport landscape.

Revisiting Standards…and Benchmarks (Part I)

The first in a two-part series. The former of the two you see here is for managing service standards.

100 posts, and asking for more

Today, on 22 March 2023, the STC blog officially publishes its 100th post. And we address the question central to what STC does — why demand more?

2023, here we come!

Phew, that one mess of a year, 2022 has finally concluded itself. Now that we have left probably the most chaotic year of our lifetime yet behind, here’s to what’s ahead.