Soviet housing is so depressing (d1sw4fcdq5we39.cloudfront.net)
Wait that’s Japan? walter-shock
Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias (theconversation.com)
Undercover Performers Take Over Manhattan Sidewalks: The Mp3 Experiment 18 (yewtu.be)
Mp3 Experiments feature thousands of people followed secret, synchronized instructions delivered via headphones. This 18th installment features some comments on urban planning.
American Motorcyclist Association Urges DOT to Act on Automated Driver System Regulations Following Tragic Collision (americanmotorcyclist.com)
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System...
I'm going to become the Robert Moses of trains, and drive a goddamn line through the street of each one of these finance dickwads that think they're too good to take the fucking train. (hexbear.net)
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Resisting Evictions of the Urban Poor: A Resource for Housing Rights Advocates (www.inklusibo.org)
Inklusibo’s new manual on housing rights provides an in-depth narrative of the urban poor’s right to housing and livable spaces. This is the first free publication under the Housing and Living Spaces category.
Old people (www.theguardian.com)
suv (slrpnk.net)
Small reminders for stupidly big cars
Scotland launches campaign "give cycle space", reminding that those riding bike are real persons (www.youtube.com)
The campaign aims to promote the highway code rule that requires drivers to give at leadt 1.5 m space to cyclists when overtaking....
Cars are a gas (urbanists.social)
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When nature takes over. (lemmy.ml)
mstdn.social/
Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Like Bike Lanes. Floridians Seem To Agree. (www.strongtowns.org)
The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars (www.vox.com)
For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large SUVs and trucks, pushing automakers and American buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting car bloat through regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it. That has been a boon for car companies, but a disaster for everyone else.
Common train W + there is always traffic (hexbear.net)
twitter.com/ThunderWolf08/…/1784742168030007372
Italian party "Lega" will defend "cars" in the European parliment (mastodon.uno)
Lega is far a far right populist Italian party....
RETVRN (hexbear.net)
Businesses Are Getting People Killed (darrellowens.substack.com)
The cycling revolution in Paris continues: Bicycle use now exceeds car use (english.elpais.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/14246110...
What if bikes had been invented earlier?
Why do alt-history people never focus on infrastructure or innovation? What would have happened had bikes been invented centuries before cars instead of around the same time? How different would the built environment and our culture have looked?...
How bike lanes sidelined cyclists: unearthing 190 miles of 1930s cycle lanes (www.globalcyclingnetwork.com)
“The city of the future uses bikes” Seen in Puebla, Mexico (lemmy.ml)
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Sinclair C5s (lemmy.ml)
chaos.social/