#walkable — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #walkable, aggregated by home.social.
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Fascinating! Only about half of us drive alone every day and that number is trending down. That's pretty unusual by American standards. Working from home appears to be pushing that number down. "Pretty unique" by Virginia standards. "Our walking is way high". We are higher than every other college town. Possibly the Downtown Pedestrian Mall is part of that. #DowntownMall #UVa #walkable #AmericanCommunitySurvey
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Fascinating! Only about half of us drive alone every day and that number is trending down. That's pretty unusual by American standards. Working from home appears to be pushing that number down. "Pretty unique" by Virginia standards. "Our walking is way high". We are higher than every other college town. Possibly the Downtown Pedestrian Mall is part of that. #DowntownMall #UVa #walkable #AmericanCommunitySurvey
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I am very hopeful about this new mobility plan. We have made some very big land use changes that will require mode shift. We can’t shoehorn in more motor vehicles. #cville #walkable #transit https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/week-ahead-for-july-20-2026-charlottesville
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I am very hopeful about this new mobility plan. We have made some very big land use changes that will require mode shift. We can’t shoehorn in more motor vehicles. #cville #walkable #transit https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/week-ahead-for-july-20-2026-charlottesville
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Seeing how the small villages of the Cotswolds have ruined their inherent pre-automobile design with busy highway-like roads through the middle of town, creating pedestrian barriers, noise, and general unpleasantness, is really sad.
Seeing posters for "visit the Cotswolds without a car" seems like such an obvious lie.
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Seeing how the small villages of the Cotswolds have ruined their inherent pre-automobile design with busy highway-like roads through the middle of town, creating pedestrian barriers, noise, and general unpleasantness, is really sad.
Seeing posters for "visit the Cotswolds without a car" seems like such an obvious lie.
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@globeandmail @canadian-news-globeandmail “the pedestrian zone has seen widespread community support” #walkable #WarOnCars
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@globeandmail @canadian-news-globeandmail “the pedestrian zone has seen widespread community support” #walkable #WarOnCars
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One Small City, Three Impressive Alley Makeovers
While criss-crossing the country a month ago, we briefly stopped in Franklin, Indiana, a charming college town located about 30 miles south of Indianapolis. While visiting there, we strolled the Franklin’s handsomely streetscaped downtown area, including the traditional courthouse square. In doing so, we happened upon yet another Indiana community that has successfully transformed some of its alleys from dingy dumpster filled service corridors into rich, walkable public spaces.
A year ago, it was Ohki Alley in Columbia City, near Fort Wayne. Back in early June, it was Nappanee, Indiana, located to the south of South Bend with one alley makeover completed (Cartoon Alley) and a second (Shoe Alley) about to begin. And now, in late June, here’s Franklin, Indiana topping them all with three completed alley makeovers. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say there’s a trend afoot.“
In Franklin, the three alleys are dedicated to the following:
Artcraft Alley Kuji Alley Veterans Alley- Artcraft Alley – to the historic Artcraft Theater in downtown Franklin.
- Kuji Alley – to Franklin’s Sister City in Japan. (This blog author’s favorite)
- Veterans Alley – to all veterans who have served there nation honorably.
The images from Franklin’s trifecta of beautifully enhanced alleyways depict lovely ideas for how to enhance your own community’s alleys. Once meant simply for utilitarian purposes, today, properly revitalized alleys can transform a downtown into a showcase of community pride and activity.Hat’s off to all three Hoosier communities, as well as to Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, and Traverse City in northern Lower Michigan, where once narrow alleys have been transformed into vibrant third places for residents and visitors alike to meet, relax, read, socialize, and gather.
Peace!
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Dublin is small. The compact city center fits inside roughly 2 km × 1.5 km, which means most first-time visitors over-schedule what's already a walking-distance city.
#Destinations #travel #Dublin #Irelands #Walkable
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Dublin is small. The compact city center fits inside roughly 2 km × 1.5 km, which means most first-time visitors over-schedule what's already a walking-distance city.
#Destinations #travel #Dublin #Irelands #Walkable
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https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-07-02/charlottesville-downtown-mall-50th-anniversary-brown-vinegar-hill-wade We still have a lot of work to do, but fifty years of safe protected space is a big achievement in auto-dependent America. I am proud to have carried some of the weight. #cville #DowntownMall #walkable #urbanism #SatyendraHuja
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https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-07-02/charlottesville-downtown-mall-50th-anniversary-brown-vinegar-hill-wade We still have a lot of work to do, but fifty years of safe protected space is a big achievement in auto-dependent America. I am proud to have carried some of the weight. #cville #DowntownMall #walkable #urbanism #SatyendraHuja
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Book of the Week: “Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America” looks at the rise in pedestrian deaths in recent decades and finds not just personal tragedy but injustice. The author looks at ways cities and states could end this plague. https://www.atlantaurbanist.com/book/right-of-way/ #walkable #publicsafety
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Speaking as a German, I had a massive culture shock when I visited the USA back in 2008 and discovered that cities existed which are _not_ #walkable .
Let alone bicycle-able.
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Speaking as a German, I had a massive culture shock when I visited the USA back in 2008 and discovered that cities existed which are _not_ #walkable .
Let alone bicycle-able.
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https://www.thedrive.com/news/75-more-pedestrians-have-been-killed-since-2009-giant-trucks-and-suvs-are-why “thousands of deaths would have been prevented over the past 16 years if cars had not grown so significantly in both height and weight” #WarOnCars #walkable #PublicSafety #GovernmentFailure
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https://www.thedrive.com/news/75-more-pedestrians-have-been-killed-since-2009-giant-trucks-and-suvs-are-why “thousands of deaths would have been prevented over the past 16 years if cars had not grown so significantly in both height and weight” #WarOnCars #walkable #PublicSafety #GovernmentFailure
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Quite a lot of Europeans are currently visiting the #USA for the first time in order to watch the #WorldCup . And they will experience the same #CultureShock that I did, back in 2008:
They have to face the concept that some cities are _not_ #walkable .
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Quite a lot of Europeans are currently visiting the #USA for the first time in order to watch the #WorldCup . And they will experience the same #CultureShock that I did, back in 2008:
They have to face the concept that some cities are _not_ #walkable .
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https://www.sightline.org/2026/06/03/yes-a-land-value-tax-is-possible-in-washington-state/ “Tah-dah! Empty lots become homes or businesses” #Spokane #LandValueTax #TaxShift #Sightline #housing #EconomicDevelopment #walkable
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https://www.sightline.org/2026/06/03/yes-a-land-value-tax-is-possible-in-washington-state/ “Tah-dah! Empty lots become homes or businesses” #Spokane #LandValueTax #TaxShift #Sightline #housing #EconomicDevelopment #walkable
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Book of the Week: “Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution” is the inside story of how NYC changed many of its streets, expanding cycling and pedestrian uses. It offers a step-by-step guide for other cities to do the same. https://www.atlantaurbanist.com/book/streetfight/ #walkable
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https://c-ville.com/albemarle-and-charlottesvilles-top-officials-lead-walk-across-new-pedestrian-bridge/ “People were playing Frogger with their lives, crossing the major, major highway” #cville #walkable #WarOnCars #BikeTooter
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https://c-ville.com/albemarle-and-charlottesvilles-top-officials-lead-walk-across-new-pedestrian-bridge/ “People were playing Frogger with their lives, crossing the major, major highway” #cville #walkable #WarOnCars #BikeTooter
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#Schools have a rush hour, as students walk, bike, take buses to or are dropped off there. So it may not be surprising that there are many accidents involving young pedestrians and cars near schools. What does this tell us? Cities need to make it much safer to walk and bike to school… with wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes, speed cameras, crossing guards, etc. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/04/27/pedestrian-accidents-dc-schools/ #walkable
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https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/parkavenue.shtml This is just a “vision plan” but still NYC appears to be taking actual steps to fix Park Avenue: “Key elements of the new design include a wider median, pedestrian enhancements, seating, landscaping, and innovative streetscape amenities.” #NYC #ParkAvenue #urbanism #WarOnCars #walkable
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https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/parkavenue.shtml This is just a “vision plan” but still NYC appears to be taking actual steps to fix Park Avenue: “Key elements of the new design include a wider median, pedestrian enhancements, seating, landscaping, and innovative streetscape amenities.” #NYC #ParkAvenue #urbanism #WarOnCars #walkable
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So many Vegas visits, still so few for fun
Landing at Dulles Wednesday evening closed out my 45th work trip to Las Vegas. That number alone is not something to take pride in and probably constitutes evidence of some character defect, but what’s even more disturbing is that since my first trip to Vegas in 1998–for CES, of course–I have still only been there three times for fun.
This lifestyle long ago rendered me incapable of dealing with that city however normal people do. Instead, having the event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show dominate my experience of Vegas–I’m now at 28 trips there just for the Consumer Technology Association’s convention, still one of the most important events on my work calendar–keeps subjecting me to the place at its most expensive and least efficient.
Even smaller-scale conferences like Black Hat (with six trips so far, it’s become about as essential as CES but easier to monetize) and the NAB Show (where I moderated a panel this week, with the National Association of Broadcasters covering airfare and lodging) leave me happier to take off from LAS than to land there.
It’s not that I can’t enjoy a little time in the glitziest corner of Nevada. You can eat exceedingly well there, and Vegas service-industry folks are some of the best in the world. Blackjack can be fun, as long as you remember that you should at least try to lose slowly.
If you drive far enough off the Strip, you can see some striking natural scenery. It took CES to remind me of that last bit, in the form of an outing in 2025 to Lake Mead to experience an electric sport boat.
And there is some exceptional lodging in Vegas, although I’ve also stayed at some of the crummier ones. I started trying to inventory the hotels I’ve stayed at from the Strip up to the convention center (thus excluding off-strip properties like the Palms and a few places in downtown Las Vegas as well as two Airbnbs) and quickly realized they exceed the number of ballparks I’ve visited.
From south to north: Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo (today Park MGM), Cosmopolitan, Hilton Grand Vacations, Bally’s (now the Horseshoe), Aladdin (now Planet Hollywood), Palms, Flamingo, Westin, Imperial Palace (the worst among the lot, fortunately now the Linq), Harrah’s, Mirage (demolished, being replaced by a Hard Rock Hotel in the shape of a guitar), Treasure Island, Wynn, Renaissance, Westgate, Fontainebleau (I’d rank that the best).
But however nice the hotel may have been, there’s no getting around how much I dislike the auto-centric, pedestrian-hostile nature of the streets outside. Unless you can start and end a conference commute on the monorail–this week’s trip, unlike most, allowed that–you will sit in traffic.
The only improvements to Vegas transportation since 1998 have been on the margins: the monorail, Uber and Lyft liberating visitors from taxis that charge $3 extra for credit-card payment, the Vegas Loop’s tunnels, and the advent of autonomous vehicles from Zoox and, soon, Waymo.
Even walking up and down the Strip is less efficient than it should be once you enter a building, since casino floors are where readable layouts and clear signage go to die.
I grew up someplace where you had to drive everywhere; I never want to live like that again and don’t enjoy visiting places that seem intent on making that a perpetual default. I am much happier to have my travel destination be a more human-scaled city where it’s normal and enjoyable to get around by walking and transit; the contrast between CES in Vegas and MWC in Barcelona is glaring and entirely in Spain’s favor.
I think of that every time one industry-analyst friend who moved from the Bay Area to a Vegas suburb tries to sell me on the same move. My response is always some version of “there is nothing you could say to make me ever want to do that.”
And yet work keeps pulling me to Vegas anyway. This week’s trip was my third this year, with one more planned, and I already know next year will feature at least three. I should probably seek treatment for this condition at some point.
#BlackHat #ces #hotels #las #LasVegas #LasVegasConventionCenter #LasVegasMonorail #LV #lvcc #NABShow #Nevada #pedestrian #rideHail #traffic #transit #Vegas #walkable -
So many Vegas visits, still so few for fun
Landing at Dulles Wednesday evening closed out my 45th work trip to Las Vegas. That number alone is not something to take pride in and probably constitutes evidence of some character defect, but what’s even more disturbing is that since my first trip to Vegas in 1998–for CES, of course–I have still only been there three times for fun.
This lifestyle long ago rendered me incapable of dealing with that city however normal people do. Instead, having the event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show dominate my experience of Vegas–I’m now at 28 trips there just for the Consumer Technology Association’s convention, still one of the most important events on my work calendar–keeps subjecting me to the place at its most expensive and least efficient.
Even smaller-scale conferences like Black Hat (with six trips so far, it’s become about as essential as CES but easier to monetize) and the NAB Show (where I moderated a panel this week, with the National Association of Broadcasters covering airfare and lodging) leave me happier to take off from LAS than to land there.
It’s not that I can’t enjoy a little time in the glitziest corner of Nevada. You can eat exceedingly well there, and Vegas service-industry folks are some of the best in the world. Blackjack can be fun, as long as you remember that you should at least try to lose slowly.
If you drive far enough off the Strip, you can see some striking natural scenery. It took CES to remind me of that last bit, in the form of an outing in 2025 to Lake Mead to experience an electric sport boat.
And there is some exceptional lodging in Vegas, although I’ve also stayed at some of the crummier ones. I started trying to inventory the hotels I’ve stayed at from the Strip up to the convention center (thus excluding off-strip properties like the Palms and a few places in downtown Las Vegas as well as two Airbnbs) and quickly realized they exceed the number of ballparks I’ve visited.
From south to north: Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo (today Park MGM), Cosmopolitan, Hilton Grand Vacations, Bally’s (now the Horseshoe), Aladdin (now Planet Hollywood), Palms, Flamingo, Westin, Imperial Palace (the worst among the lot, fortunately now the Linq), Harrah’s, Mirage (demolished, being replaced by a Hard Rock Hotel in the shape of a guitar), Treasure Island, Wynn, Renaissance, Westgate, Fontainebleau (I’d rank that the best).
But however nice the hotel may have been, there’s no getting around how much I dislike the auto-centric, pedestrian-hostile nature of the streets outside. Unless you can start and end a conference commute on the monorail–this week’s trip, unlike most, allowed that–you will sit in traffic.
The only improvements to Vegas transportation since 1998 have been on the margins: the monorail, Uber and Lyft liberating visitors from taxis that charge $3 extra for credit-card payment, the Vegas Loop’s tunnels, and the advent of autonomous vehicles from Zoox and, soon, Waymo.
Even walking up and down the Strip is less efficient than it should be once you enter a building, since casino floors are where readable layouts and clear signage go to die.
I grew up someplace where you had to drive everywhere; I never want to live like that again and don’t enjoy visiting places that seem intent on making that a perpetual default. I am much happier to have my travel destination be a more human-scaled city where it’s normal and enjoyable to get around by walking and transit; the contrast between CES in Vegas and MWC in Barcelona is glaring and entirely in Spain’s favor.
I think of that every time one industry-analyst friend who moved from the Bay Area to a Vegas suburb tries to sell me on the same move. My response is always some version of “there is nothing you could say to make me ever want to do that.”
And yet work keeps pulling me to Vegas anyway. This week’s trip was my third this year, with one more planned, and I already know next year will feature at least three. I should probably seek treatment for this condition at some point.
#BlackHat #ces #hotels #las #LasVegas #LasVegasConventionCenter #LasVegasMonorail #LV #lvcc #NABShow #Nevada #pedestrian #rideHail #traffic #transit #Vegas #walkable -
These are Europe’s most walkable cities in 2026, according to locals
https://www.timeout.com/news/these-are-europes-most-walkable-cities-in-2026-according-to-locals-042326?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FFLIPBOARD+EXCHANGE+FEED+%F0%9F%97%9E%EF%B8%8F
There are two kinds of travellers: those who meticulously plan each commute, and those who lace up a good pair of trainers and let their feet lead …
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I of course agree with my colleagues Danny Yoder and Ben Chambers that state funding should support multimodal regional safety priorities and not picayune highway onramp and off-ramp tweaks but agreed that the new Smart Scale prioritization fails to do this. Instead of embracing failure to snag tax dollars for bad projects we should work together to fix what is broken. #VDOT #SmartScale #cville #BikeTooter #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/april-21-2026-charlottesville-reps
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I of course agree with my colleagues Danny Yoder and Ben Chambers that state funding should support multimodal regional safety priorities and not picayune highway onramp and off-ramp tweaks but agreed that the new Smart Scale prioritization fails to do this. Instead of embracing failure to snag tax dollars for bad projects we should work together to fix what is broken. #VDOT #SmartScale #cville #BikeTooter #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments https://open.substack.com/pub/communityengagement/p/april-21-2026-charlottesville-reps
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https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/week-ahead-for-april-20-2026-charlottesville Budget drama! I’m happy to see the $1.1 million in pedestrian safety improvements. I have been singing that song for many years now. #cville #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments
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https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/week-ahead-for-april-20-2026-charlottesville Budget drama! I’m happy to see the $1.1 million in pedestrian safety improvements. I have been singing that song for many years now. #cville #walkable #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments
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https://kruunusillat.fi/en/releases/kruunuvuori-bridge-the-new-icon-of-helsinki/ “it is also globally exceptional as bridges of this size have not been built for the sole use of public transport, pedestrian traffic and cycling” #Helsinki #BikeTooter #transit #walkable #WarOnCars
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https://kruunusillat.fi/en/releases/kruunuvuori-bridge-the-new-icon-of-helsinki/ “it is also globally exceptional as bridges of this size have not been built for the sole use of public transport, pedestrian traffic and cycling” #Helsinki #BikeTooter #transit #walkable #WarOnCars
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For many Americans, an introduction to #walkable cities comes with a trip to Europe. But there are cities in the U.S. where walking and transit are all you need. NYC, of course. Also S.F. and Boston. But where else? An article lists some smaller walkable cities: Portland MA, Key West FL and Savannah GA. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/04/08/best-walkable-american-cities/
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For many Americans, an introduction to #walkable cities comes with a trip to Europe. But there are cities in the U.S. where walking and transit are all you need. NYC, of course. Also S.F. and Boston. But where else? An article lists some smaller walkable cities: Portland MA, Key West FL and Savannah GA. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/04/08/best-walkable-american-cities/
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#Sidewalks were built for one purpose in the 1800s, then changed mission in the 20th century. They declined in popularity in one period, only to become popular again… along with a new thing, urban trails. At each turn, gov’t played a big role. http://www.fromthegovt.com/sidewalks-and-trails/ #walkable
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A public research organization finds that only 44% of Americans would want to live in #walkable #neighborhoods rather than sprawling suburbs, if those were the only choices. So, that’s bad, right? Actually, it’s great. If we created enough walkable neighborhoods for the 44% who want them … our cities would thrive. And others might be persuaded. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/19/majority-of-americans-prefer-spread-out-communities-with-big-houses/
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Since the 1980s, one of the most popular things that local gov’ts do is build pedestrian and #cycling trails. Along the way, the federal gov’t became a partner in this effort. Until now. Trump eliminated federal grants for trails. This has left local gov’ts searching for new ways of financing this desirable infrastructure. https://stateline.org/2026/03/12/bike-and-walking-trails-lose-hundreds-of-millions-under-trump/ #walkable
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There are two approaches to #advocacy. One is an inside-outside approach, where you work closely with decision-makers on improvements, as you build public support for the actions you are urging. The other is the shame approach, where you blast leaders for not doing more. Denver’s pedestrian and #cycling advocates have chosen option 2. https://denverite.com/2026/02/02/denver-mayor-transit-repord-card/ #walkable
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I don’t think I posted this when it was fresh, but if you share my affection for safe public space in Charlottesville, there is a sixteen page report about that here https://charlottesvilleva.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2027/files/attachment/5036 #cville #walkable #trees
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What humans see with their eyes matter, and while you might not know any specialised lighting software, we at SALUS lab have created #SALUSLux a python package that could help designers avoid something like this crash.
See our paper in my Google Scholar.
And sign up for my professor talk here (The research, not this case particularly)
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https://www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-streets-repaving-disability-rules “At the current pace, the city controller said, it would take 500 years to fix all the broken sidewalks in Los Angeles.” #LosAngeles #walkable #ADA #equity #BudgetsAreValuesDocuments #MaliciousCompliance #accessibility