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https://momentummag.com/incredibly-improvements-in-london-air-quality-shows-why-cities-need-more-safe-cycling-infrastructure/

#cycling #london #urbanplanning

Ben Fulton @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 20:43 UTC

Improvements in London Air Quality Shows Why Cities Need More Safe Cycling Infrastructure

"The bigger challenge is often giving people somewhere they feel comfortable riding.

Build a painted line beside fast-moving traffic and many people will quite reasonably decide cycling isn’t for them. Build a connected network of protected, legible routes and the potential audience changes dramatically."

https://momentummag.com/incredibly-improvements-in-london-air-quality-shows-why-cities-need-more-safe-cycling-infrastructure/

#cycling #london #urbanplanning

Ben Fulton @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 20:43 UTC

Improvements in London Air Quality Shows Why Cities Need More Safe Cycling Infrastructure

"The bigger challenge is often giving people somewhere they feel comfortable riding.

Build a painted line beside fast-moving traffic and many people will quite reasonably decide cycling isn’t for them. Build a connected network of protected, legible routes and the potential audience changes dramatically."

https://momentummag.com/incredibly-improvements-in-london-air-quality-shows-why-cities-need-more-safe-cycling-infrastructure/

#cycling #london #urbanplanning

Ben Fulton @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 20:43 UTC

Improvements in London Air Quality Shows Why Cities Need More Safe Cycling Infrastructure

"The bigger challenge is often giving people somewhere they feel comfortable riding.

Build a painted line beside fast-moving traffic and many people will quite reasonably decide cycling isn’t for them. Build a connected network of protected, legible routes and the potential audience changes dramatically."

https://momentummag.com/incredibly-improvements-in-london-air-quality-shows-why-cities-need-more-safe-cycling-infrastructure/

#urbanplanning #london #cycling

Ben Fulton @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 20:43 UTC

Improvements in London Air Quality Shows Why Cities Need More Safe Cycling Infrastructure

"The bigger challenge is often giving people somewhere they feel comfortable riding.

Build a painted line beside fast-moving traffic and many people will quite reasonably decide cycling isn’t for them. Build a connected network of protected, legible routes and the potential audience changes dramatically."

#cycling #london #urbanplanning

Agaric Tech Collective @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 13:58 UTC

Reducing the height of automobile impact points does not skip any of those levers.

It acts on an additional, important lever that should never have been overlooked, has been known for years, and is finally starting to reach the "everybody knows" level where people may act.

As an aside, smaller cars (as well as fewer cars) helps with many more aspects of #UrbanPlanning beyond the important matter of being less likely to die when walking or biking around.

And those survivors of crashes get to live to become advocates for all the other levels, the many mechanisms of crash avoidance (such as the ones you mention, plus getting rid of automobiles in the many, many places they do not need to be).

And imagine the greater understanding of the need to act on additional levers to avoid crashes if SUVs had to be outfitted with pedestrian-facing, low-height crumple zones!

(Similar to placing siding between the wheels of long trucks, another key death-reducing mitigation.)

#urbanplanning

Agaric Tech Collective @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 13:58 UTC

Reducing the height of automobile impact points does not skip any of those levers.

It acts on an additional, important lever that should never have been overlooked, has been known for years, and is finally starting to reach the "everybody knows" level where people may act.

As an aside, smaller cars (as well as fewer cars) helps with many more aspects of #UrbanPlanning beyond the important matter of being less likely to die when walking or biking around.

And those survivors of crashes get to live to become advocates for all the other levels, the many mechanisms of crash avoidance (such as the ones you mention, plus getting rid of automobiles in the many, many places they do not need to be).

And imagine the greater understanding of the need to act on additional levers to avoid crashes if SUVs had to be outfitted with pedestrian-facing, low-height crumple zones!

(Similar to placing siding between the wheels of long trucks, another key death-reducing mitigation.)

#urbanplanning

Agaric Tech Collective @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 13:58 UTC

Reducing the height of automobile impact points does not skip any of those levers.

It acts on an additional, important lever that should never have been overlooked, has been known for years, and is finally starting to reach the "everybody knows" level where people may act.

As an aside, smaller cars (as well as fewer cars) helps with many more aspects of #UrbanPlanning beyond the important matter of being less likely to die when walking or biking around.

And those survivors of crashes get to live to become advocates for all the other levels, the many mechanisms of crash avoidance (such as the ones you mention, plus getting rid of automobiles in the many, many places they do not need to be).

And imagine the greater understanding of the need to act on additional levers to avoid crashes if SUVs had to be outfitted with pedestrian-facing, low-height crumple zones!

(Similar to placing siding between the wheels of long trucks, another key death-reducing mitigation.)

#urbanplanning

Agaric Tech Collective @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 13:58 UTC

Reducing the height of automobile impact points does not skip any of those levers.

It acts on an additional, important lever that should never have been overlooked, has been known for years, and is finally starting to reach the "everybody knows" level where people may act.

As an aside, smaller cars (as well as fewer cars) helps with many more aspects of #UrbanPlanning beyond the important matter of being less likely to die when walking or biking around.

And those survivors of crashes get to live to become advocates for all the other levels, the many mechanisms of crash avoidance (such as the ones you mention, plus getting rid of automobiles in the many, many places they do not need to be).

And imagine the greater understanding of the need to act on additional levers to avoid crashes if SUVs had to be outfitted with pedestrian-facing, low-height crumple zones!

(Similar to placing siding between the wheels of long trucks, another key death-reducing mitigation.)

#urbanplanning

Agaric Tech Collective @[email protected] · 2026-09-24 · 13:58 UTC

Equinox brings ‘henge’ effect to cities laid out on a grid – NPR

Reducing the height of automobile impact points does not skip any of those levers.

It acts on an additional, important lever that should never have been overlooked, has been known for years, and is finally starting to reach the "everybody knows" level where people may act.

As an aside, smaller cars (as well as fewer cars) helps with many more aspects of #UrbanPlanning beyond the important matter of being less likely to die when walking or biking around.

And those survivors of crashes get to live to become advocates for all the other levels, the many mechanisms of crash avoidance (such as the ones you mention, plus getting rid of automobiles in the many, many places they do not need to be).

And imagine the greater understanding of the need to act on additional levers to avoid crashes if SUVs had to be outfitted with pedestrian-facing, low-height crumple zones!

(Similar to placing siding between the wheels of long trucks, another key death-reducing mitigation.)

#urbanplanning

Europe Videos @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 16:10 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/videos/98860/ Discover how Qatar is building a future-ready smart city #ArtificialIntelligence #Euronews #NewTechnologies #Qatar #technology #Transport #UrbanPlanning

#urbanplanning #transport #technology #qatar #newtechnologies #euronews

Lyle Solla-Yates @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 15:49 UTC

Interesting work session last night on kicking off the five year Comprehensive Plan update for the City of Charlottesville. My sense of the room is that we believe the values and goals remain the same now as then, but implementation has been uneven and that is where focus is needed. #cville #UrbanPlanning #housing #equity #transit https://www.youtube.com/live/ytf9bPEe840

#cville #urbanplanning #housing #equity #transit

Lyle Solla-Yates @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 15:49 UTC

Interesting work session last night on kicking off the five year Comprehensive Plan update for the City of Charlottesville. My sense of the room is that we believe the values and goals remain the same now as then, but implementation has been uneven and that is where focus is needed. #cville #UrbanPlanning #housing #equity #transit https://www.youtube.com/live/ytf9bPEe840

#cville #urbanplanning #housing #equity #transit

Lyle Solla-Yates @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 15:49 UTC

Interesting work session last night on kicking off the five year Comprehensive Plan update for the City of Charlottesville. My sense of the room is that we believe the values and goals remain the same now as then, but implementation has been uneven and that is where focus is needed. #cville #UrbanPlanning #housing #equity #transit https://www.youtube.com/live/ytf9bPEe840

#cville #urbanplanning #housing #equity #transit

Lyle Solla-Yates @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 15:49 UTC

Interesting work session last night on kicking off the five year Comprehensive Plan update for the City of Charlottesville. My sense of the room is that we believe the values and goals remain the same now as then, but implementation has been uneven and that is where focus is needed. #cville #UrbanPlanning #housing #equity #transit https://www.youtube.com/live/ytf9bPEe840

#transit #equity #housing #urbanplanning #cville

Lyle Solla-Yates @[email protected] · 2026-09-23 · 15:49 UTC

Interesting work session last night on kicking off the five year Comprehensive Plan update for the City of Charlottesville. My sense of the room is that we believe the values and goals remain the same now as then, but implementation has been uneven and that is where focus is needed. #cville #UrbanPlanning #housing #equity #transit https://www.youtube.com/live/ytf9bPEe840

#cville #urbanplanning #housing #equity #transit

J.R. Johnson @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 16:49 UTC

Are You Henge Aligned?

The fall equinox happens today, ushering in the first day of the new season and some spectacular visual effects in cities around the world.

The fall equinox brings shorter days, and the change of seasons. In some U.S. cities, it’s also a chance to witness the striking alignment between the sun and Earth, as sunrises and sunsets align with city streets running east and west. It’s a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift, like sunrise at Stonehenge.

I particularly like the comparative analysis of city street orientations, and the fact that I now have an excuse to make all the fall-related baked goods I like!

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Photo by Aveedibya Dey on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #astronomy #Chicago #coolScienceStuff #fallEquinox #urbanPlanning

#urbanplanning #fallequinox #coolsciencestuff #chicago #astronomy #365ways2026

Jake Coppinger @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 00:13 UTC

> Kohler then decides to compare Las Vegas “Loop” tunnelling costs, and this is where the whole piece really goes off the rails.
💅

https://danielbowen.com/2026/09/22/kohler-on-trams/

https://danielbowen.com/2026/09/22/kohler-on-trams/

Jake Coppinger @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 00:13 UTC

> Kohler then decides to compare Las Vegas “Loop” tunnelling costs, and this is where the whole piece really goes off the rails.
💅

https://danielbowen.com/2026/09/22/kohler-on-trams/

Jake Coppinger @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 00:13 UTC

> Kohler then decides to compare Las Vegas “Loop” tunnelling costs, and this is where the whole piece really goes off the rails.
💅

https://danielbowen.com/2026/09/22/kohler-on-trams/

Jake Coppinger @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 00:13 UTC

> Kohler then decides to compare Las Vegas “Loop” tunnelling costs, and this is where the whole piece really goes off the rails.
💅

https://danielbowen.com/2026/09/22/kohler-on-trams/

#auspol #urbanplanning #urbanism #trams #melbourne

Jake Coppinger @[email protected] · 2026-09-22 · 00:13 UTC

> Kohler then decides to compare Las Vegas “Loop” tunnelling costs, and this is where the whole piece really goes off the rails.
💅