How one of the most famous architects in the world treats urban space – Chipperfield‘s Kunsthaus Zürich. This whole generation of stone-loving neo-classic architects is a disaster for urban development in times of climate crisis. #architecture#climatechange#urbanism#museum
"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution..."
@bbbhltz@TheWarOnCars it never ceases to amaze me how #CarBrain people think that freedom means that we should build our own homes to cater for them to be able to travel through with their metal murderboxes.
No, suburbanites, cities don't owe you a nice car infrastructure so you can haul your @$$ to our city in your personal vehicle. We need to build the cities for the people living there, not the people passing through.
@notjustbikes's "Haubtbahnhoftest" evaluates how easily you can walk to the city from a train station and how well is it connected to public transit. Has anyone done this ranking for a larger number of stations around the world? I'd like to find some sort of methodology I could use to judge my train station as well. I am sure it would score terribly.
“I’m making a whole city! There are roads and tracks and roads crossing over the tracks! And buildings!” There are also many bus stops and a museum. (Grateful for washable markers) #urbanism#transit#PublicTransport#trains#bike#BikeTooter
"The Key to a Strong Downtown Is Smart Policy Changes, Not Big Projects" || by Tiffany Owens Reed June 4, 2024
"...But relying on the master-planned, “Big Project'' approach to revitalization is a risky way forward. Rather than growing the city’s wealth, these big projects often require significant public investment and incentives, which put cities in the risky financial position of making large, expensive bets in the present and hoping to recoup that money down the line.
Not only that, but these plans also lock cities into committing to a future they can’t possibly evaluate for profitability, relevance or resilience. It’s simply impossible to know if these plans will achieve their intended goals, and their large, centralized nature makes it hard to adapt to shifting market conditions or changes in regulation and funding.
The good news is that cities have alternatives..."
Private automobiles are not the future of anything, and it is a gross mis-allocation of funds to waste money on expanding roads.
The communities that were crushed and divided by highways can be repaired, though they will never have the same vibrancy as before, nor will the original displaced inhabitants benefit in any way.
But it's a start.
"...Decades ago, people decided to create the freeways. Now, we must decide if we will continue this path or reverse the damage to repair our communities..."
Cidades demasiado dependentes de carros deviam ser vistas como sinal de subdesenvolvimento. A ideia de querer obrigar as pessoas a endividarem-se à fartazana para comprar latas rolantes mastodônticas para serem deixadas à noite em cima dos passeios das cidades não tem ponta por onde se lhe pegue!
That’s because a campaign to make Paris greener, primarily by reducing its dependence on cars, has transformed it into a shining example of what many environmental activists, city planners and transit advocates say ought to be the future of cities worldwide.
Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014.
Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.
“How did we achieve this?” Hidalgo said in a statement in March. “By assuming a major and radical rupture: the end of car-dependence.”
Big smash yesterday on the #A40 crossing I cycle through every day for my commute. Took out both of the crossing's beg buttons on the #BartonPark side. Plods were still in attendance at noon, and it's still a mess now
@PeterLG@RealJournalism Absolutely. I think most buildings should be mixed-use and no higher than 7 stories, with residential spaces no higher than 4th floor, and should have windows and balconies that open to the street. Retail at ground/basement level, residences floors 2-4, offices and community spaces floors 5-7. My modification of Christopher Alexander's "Four Story Limit" (A Pattern Language, Pattern 21) #architecture#urbanism
How Modern America Is Optimized for Loneliness, Misery and Poor Health by David Friedlander May 24, 2024
"...What do housing, transit and lifestyle statistics have to do with loneliness and unhappiness, you might ask. Well...separating people physically also leads to emotional and psychological separation. Moreover, the implements that make sprawl-induced physical separation work on a societal level — cars to contract long distances and digital media to ameliorate the effects of social isolation — deepen loneliness and unhappiness on the personal level. These implements also make people sedentary, directly relating to the fact that 73% of the total American population is overweight and 42% is obese, per the CDC.
One of the biggest issues is population density. At the risk of oversimplifying, it’s a lot harder to socially isolate when there are people around you..."
Wir regen uns hier ja gerne auf über #Parkdruck durch drei umgewidmete Parkplätze etc. 😉
Aber wisst ihr, was richtig krass ist: US-Städte mit mehr Parkplätzen als Häusern.
Finde, für solche Orte braucht es ein anderes Wort als "Stadt", denn wenn man aussteigt - da ist ja nichts und niemand.
In your weekly edinburgh cycle 'digest' (bumper edition 😅): The Search for Political Will; Fundraising Opportunities; Transport & Environment Committee May Meeting Roundup; and @edfoc Kicks Off!
🧵 Even before I formed @ucaccessnow, I persisted through campus channels trying to get them to acknowledge that cycle racks ALSO have to be accessible, not car parking spaces. After months of brick walls with UC and my union, I got a meeting with the head of UC Davis TAPS, who
On the same trip, saw SPIN cycles dumped in the middle of the mixed-use path, parked at the end spots which are the only spots on these inaccessible #DavisCA racks where trikes, quads, and bakfiets can fit, and parked blocking egress from disabled auto spaces.
Don't ration accessibility; it's nearly guaranteed selfish people & corporations will take it. Build everything as accessible as possible.
The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16133154...