John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Videos
Portland's New Velodrome a Big Win for Cyclists, Hematomas
A night of competitive cycling on "brakeless" single-speed cycles offers a veritable highlight reel of face planting and smashing into walls.
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Toilet Tuesday
Is the Air Inside Public Bathrooms Rife With Infectious Particles?
A review of the research indicates that could be the nasty truth, and other toilet tidbits.
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Photos
Why Didn't This 1930s Cow-Catcher For Pedestrians Ever Catch On?
This is what passed for road safety 80 years ago.
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Turn Your Beloved Old Bike Into Taxidermy
In a world that deems it fit to stuff and preserve dead pets, this isn't that bizarre.
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Videos
Black Friday 2012 Rewind: Here Are America's Craziest Shoppers
Warning: Ahead lies profanity, chair throwing and INSANE DEALS!
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Toilet Tuesday
What If Westerners Had Their Safe Toilets Taken Away?
They'd join the ranks of one in three women worldwide who face "shame, disease, harassment and even attack," according to WaterAid.
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Photos
Incredible Sculptures Made From Bike Parts
It's astonishing to see what somebody can conjure from the leavings on a fix-it shop's floor.
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Videos
Visualizing a City's Prodigious Carbon Emissions
This simulation shows one-ton blobs of carbon dioxide rising from the street in giant blue spheres.
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San Francisco's New Bike Parklet Is a Dismembered Citroën H Van
"It was just sitting there, gathering dust."
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Here's One Way to Waste Time at the Bus Stop
An Italian street artist has the perfect thing for when the bus is running late: Popping bubblewrap.
