Tag: Urban Planning
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This interactive crosswalk "puts pedestrians first"
Of course, much depends on who is programming it, but some interesting ideas here.
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31,000 Americans died on the roads last year because of stupid
We could fix this too, if we really wanted to. But we don't. Because freedom.
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Study shows that living in cities makes you healthier, happier (sort of)
It actually just finds a correlation between density and obesity, but it’s a start.
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Taking back the streets: Streetfilms explains Tactical Urbanism
You've read the book; now watch the movie.
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A vision of the future with self-driving cars, drones, hyperloops and infinite suburbia
Is this the future we want?
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Please, Apple, don't call your stores "Town Squares" – they're nothing of the sort.
Town squares are public space where messy things happen.
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Small fridges don’t make good cities; it’s more accurate to say that good cities make small fridges.
What a story our fridges can tell.
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Study shows that “zoning out” is the biggest driving distraction
But let's keep talking about distracted walking.
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LA painting streets white to reduce urban warming
Too much sunshine getting your city hot under the collar? Send it back into space.
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What are the world's most livable cities? Depends how you measure it.
The Economist puts Melbourne in number 1 spot, Vancouver in 3. They're not.
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It's time to free ourselves from our "thrall to the metal god"
George Monbiot on how electric vehicles are not the answer.
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Banning fossil fuelled cars isn't enough; we have to rethink our transportation system
The UK and France have banned the sale of gas and diesel powered cars by 2040, but it is too little, too late.
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New British study shows that driving long commutes makes you stupid
When it comes to your health, driving is the new smoking.
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Jargon Watch: "Radical Incrementalism"
Toronto city councillor Joe Cressy tosses out a very interesting soundbite after a debate about Toronto's King Street.
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New study looks at attitudes of drivers toward cyclists, and it ain't pretty
It appears that cars are like guns: Instruments of control and vehicles of intimidation.
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It's June, and Parklets are bustin' out all over
This is the first I have seen in Toronto
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It's time to put an end to traffic terrorism
"Accident, not terror." What's the difference?
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Citizen Jane: Does the new film get it right?
A great introduction to a writer who changed the planning world
