How Detroit Lost 65% Of Its Population (www.youtube.com) French
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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.
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.
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Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Like Bike Lanes. Floridians Seem To Agree. (www.strongtowns.org)
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America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing? (www.vox.com)
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Iowans were fooled by a prank to make a busy area of Des Moines... walkable (ody.sh)
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How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (www.nytimes.com)
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Can Cities Drive SUVs Off Their Streets? (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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How Many People Does Car Culture Kill, Exactly? (usa.streetsblog.org)
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Pedestrian safety and crosswalks: Recent research (journalistsresource.org)
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"The Motorist Won" - Art project emphasizing the absurdity of car-centric design (www.scalefulness.com)
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The obscure but extremely important battle over building codes (www.volts.wtf)
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"Suita Titan" ("The Titan Suite") - documentary film about life as a young person during the Communist regime in the iconic Titan neighborhood, Bucharest, Romania (libranet.de)
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Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes (electrek.co)
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Hoboken Celebrates 7 Years Without A Traffic Death (patch.com)
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After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild: Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people. (www.nytimes.com)
archive.is link
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From Montreal to Berlin, Cities Aim to Stay Open 24 Hours (www.bloomberg.com)
State funding could be withheld from Colorado cities that don’t tie housing to transit under new affordability push (coloradosun.com)
The Importance of Responsible Gambling (ktm365.com)
Sports betting can be an exciting and entertaining activity, but it’s crucial to approach it with responsibility and mindfulness. Responsible gambling ensures that the thrill of wagering on sports remains a positive experience while minimizing the potential risks associated with excessive or problematic gambling behavior. In...
How Parking Reform Is Helping Transform American Cities (e360.yale.edu)
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New York Port Authority moves ahead with $10B replacement of Midtown's miserable bus terminal (gothamist.com)
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14 Patterns of Biophilic Design (www.terrapinbrightgreen.com)
I found this today going through papers and reports about the cognitive effects of nature themed stimuli. Some of these design patterns aren’t within our control, but some of them are very accessible and might be interesting to folks looking to make smaller adjustments in their surroundings for mental health benefits.
Washington Legislature Advances Proposal Allowing Cafes in More Neighborhoods (www.theurbanist.org)
Jeep’s all-electric Wagoneer S to go on sale in the US in fall 2024 (www.theverge.com)
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