BlinkTag Inc » Burning Man http://blinktag.com Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:50:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 BlinkTag returns from burning man, tips for cities from the Nevada desert http://blinktag.com/blinktag-returns-from-burning-man-tips-for-cities-from-the-nevada-desert/ http://blinktag.com/blinktag-returns-from-burning-man-tips-for-cities-from-the-nevada-desert/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:12:27 +0000 Brendan Nee http://blnktag.com/?p=488 Each year Jed, Brendan and much of the BlinkTag staff take a trip to Black Rock City, NV for Burning Man. As a city planner & transportation person, its interesting to spend a week in a temporary city of 50,000 that gets recreated every year with no cars or commerce.

Time posted a good video interview with Burning Man founder Larry Harvey about 5 things all cities could learn from burning man.

In summary:

  • Ban the automobile
  • Encourage self-reliance
  • Rethink commerce
  • Use shame to foster virtue
  • Encourage art

Shame is definitely not part of the city planning toolkit I learned about, but I’d agree that these things can be useful concepts outside of the Nevada desert.

For a historic look at the layout of Black Rock City and how it developed, this article by BRC planner Rod Garrett is worth a look. The overlay of Black Rock City on central San Francisco is particularly interesting:

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The theme for Burning Man 2010 is “Metropolis: The Life of Cities” (Aug 30-Sep 6, 2010) so I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about the lessons that cities can learn from burning man as next year’s event approaches.

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Stop the presses! BART is now twittering. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t know that you could ride the train all the way to Black Rock City.

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