Windshield Perspective?

Something in this morning's Spacing Ottawa feed:

http://spacingottawa.ca/2012/08/20/urban-planets-kids-cars-and-cognitive-mapping/

To the parents of children currently of a certain age range, I ask this: might this "windshield perspective" be a real thing? Is this something you've noticed?

Cities Without Ground

Maybe it's because I spend so much time exploring both the real city I live in and the fictional ones I've written about and read other peoples' writings about...but it strikes me that Cities Without Ground, this book on the networks of underground and elevated walking pathways established in Hong Kong - or (among other names) Xiānggǎng - might be worth a look-see. At the very least, perhaps a recommendation to our local public libraries might be in order?

The Atlantic Cities profile of the book: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/08/hong-kong-city-without-ground/3000/

The authors' website: http://citieswithoutground.com/