I found the specific examples really cool after looking at some of the relatively vague essays.
In particular, highlighting the publicized costs of on-demand delivery apps was interesting, It brought a couple things to mind:
- ebikes taking up space as delivery workers transit in and out of town
- the new need for restaurants to balance delivery apps, line skips apps and people who walk in
- AirBnB causing tension between permanent residents and those who rent their places
The city of Toronto used to do a contentious program where it would close the road Lakeshore on weekends for pedestrian use. A menace for people in cars, but lovely to engage with this normally dead space as a runner/walker/cyclist.