The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias (theconversation.com)
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.
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?...
St. Louis' Crash Apparatus Shows the Sickness of Car Dominance (www.riverfronttimes.com)
Old highway becomes public park with 24,000 plants in Seoul (archive.curbed.com)
Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a controversial idea in the UK? (www.theguardian.com)
Federated Ecovillages & Steps Towards a Modern Cybersyn (anarchosolarpunk.substack.com)
He’s Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water | A landscape architect in China has a surprising strategy to help manage surges of water from storms supercharged by climate change. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8079352...
New York Takes Crucial Step Toward Making Congestion Pricing a Reality (www.nytimes.com)
Why Cities Should Farm (www.youtube.com)
Europe’s Soviet Remains - Microdistricts (libranet.de)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoUX1YxkQ0...
Survey reveals depth of abuse women experience while biking (bikeportland.org)
'Modern-day redlining': Research investigates Wall Street-backed rental market - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis (source.wustl.edu)
Is Automated Enforcement Making U.S. Cities Safer or Just Raising Revenue? — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
Guerilla Urbanism asks forgiveness, not permission (www.cnu.org)
From Hackney to Acton, meet the Londoners giving their neighourhoods a DIY makeover (www.standard.co.uk)
These local heroes are making a mark in their communities — through bringing green spaces back to life, creating a cultural hub in the shape of a cinema and turning a home into an artwork
How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)
cross-posted from: aus.social/users/…/112121946640090153...
Kayashima: The Japanese Train Station Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree (www.thisiscolossal.com)
Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable
cross-posted from: aus.social/users/…/112105256146111201...
What Urbanists' Doug Burgum Lovefest Reveals About the 'Why' Behind Our Advocacy — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be (www.wired.com)
I love systems that turn a problem into an asset. It’s the kind of balanced improvement we’re almost taught is impossible. So cities capturing storm water, effectively turning floodwater into drinking water they can use by allowing it to filter back down into the aquifer, seems like a great move. Especially when it comes...
Rishi Sunak’s report finds low-traffic neighbourhoods work and are popular (www.theguardian.com)
Bike lanes are good for business, but store owners still hate them (www.businessinsider.com)
You Don’t Have To Move To Live In A Better Place | Strong Towns (www.youtube.com)
