#livablecity — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #livablecity, aggregated by home.social.
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More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing
Stories of great urban planning and urban experiences by Not Just Bikes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4
#sprawl #mobility #cars #roads #expansion #suburbia #TrafficCongestion #congestion #BraesssParadox #Suburbia #highway #HighwayUpgrades #MobilityDesign #LivableCity #liveability #ClimateExtremes #BiodiversityCrisis -
@resilienceSci 🙏for helpful link. I'm still none the wiser on broader traffic flow, but found this very positive assessment from a foreign resident's perspective, 20 years on:
https://thebentway.ca/stories/cheonggyecheon-rip-it-up-and-start-again/& the 2011 'Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project' case study referred to in the article, which explains the benefits to the immediate neighbourhood in the first 5 years 2003-8, is now at
https://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/cheonggyecheon-stream-restoration-project#Cheonggyecheon #HighwayRemoval #LivableCity #Seoul @BrentToderian
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> #RayOldenburg himself, in an interview with 360 Magazine, shared, "Americans don't know how to build cities. A #LivableCity should have the daily necessities within walking distance, and we've moved so far from that. We have to get in the car for everything."
> In addition to.. #UrbanPlanning [mistakes], Allebach also explained that "technology, polarization, [and] institutional distrust" are other possible reasons for why #ThirdPlaces don't thrive in today's society.
https://www.thelist.com/1226424/the-third-place-is-a-way-of-creating-community-heres-how-to-use-it-to-your-advantage/ -
@trishgreenhalgh #Chichester's great! Pedestrianised centre, lively street markets, hospital, interesting theatre/museum/gallery, history everywhere, gorgeous cathedral, gardens & parks, trains/buses/canal & short walks to varied countryside - ticks all boxes. #Ely too?
#15MinuteCity #WalkableCity #LivableCity -
Why is #SFBC and #LivableCity and others not on Mastodon?
