#Pedestrianisation

[justalittlesolarpunk]

Hey, can you reblog if you are or plan to be carfree, and if you want to or can’t let me know in the comments? Wanna see something (how many of us there are haha)

[justalittlesolarpunk]

My ✨absolute beloved✨

Urban Design Concept of the Day

The 15 Minute City Concept

The 15 Minute City is the concept that everything a person needs including housing, grocery stores, restaurants, schools, clinics, parks and shopping should be within a 15 minute walk or bike ride of people's homes. This is to be accomplished by implementing mixed use zoning and greater housing density. The 15 minute city concept is promoted as areas that are 15 minute cities are shown to healthier for the people who live in them, have strong communities, and are better for the environment as walking and cycling are better for you than automobiles. The concept while frequently discussed as a goal to reach does already exist in places like Centercity Philadelphia, the Loop and Near Northside of Chicago, Manhatten and the downtown and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle as well as many European cities. It has been proposed and risen to prominence as an alternative to the current suburban model of development

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Pedestrianisation of Soho: Past Challenges, Future Promise

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News from Marseille, 23 June.

The mayor of Marseille hopes for new announcements regarding transportation, the port, and security during Emmanuel Macron's forthcoming visit.

The visit will likely include a focus on security and drug trafficking, with the president meeting with the families of victims and visiting a school undergoing renovation.

The President last visited Marseille in September 2021.

2. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced that young people aged 17 will be able to obtain their driver's license from January 2024, and that financial aid for apprentices to obtain their license will be extended to students in vocational high schools.

The move has been criticized by road safety advocates who argue that it contradicts environmental concerns and that encouraging accompanied driving would be a safer alternative.

Borne also announced that young people aged 18 to 20 engaged in national service or youth engagement contracts will receive free train passes for a month.

3. The pedestrianization of the Cours Julien neighborhood in Marseille was delayed due to a disagreement between the City and the Metropole over the installation of an automatic bollard on Rue Poggioli, but has recently been resolved.

The pedestrianization of both neighborhoods is expected to be completed in 2023, with the possibility of a September or end-of-year completion for the Cours Julien neighborhood.

4. Marseille is experiencing a heatwave with temperatures reaching up to 32°C.

5. European cruise ships emitted more sulfur dioxide than one billion cars in 2022, causing harm to ecosystems and human health.

Barcelona was the most polluted port in Europe due to cruise ship emissions, followed by Civitavecchia, Piraeus, Palma Mallorca, and Lisbon.

Governments and ports should take measures to reduce cruise ship pollution, including requiring ships to connect to electric networks and encouraging the adoption of zero-emission technologies.

6. The summer season brings a variety of festivities in the south of France, including a romantic night under the stars in Seillans, a piano recital in Plan de la Tour, and traditional Provençal celebrations in Pont-de-l’Étoile.

The Nuit Romantique event in Seillans, organized by the association of the Most Beautiful Villages of France, features music, dance, stargazing, and food tastings.

The festival in Pont-de-l’Étoile highlights the traditions of Provence, including concerts, a fair, the famous soupe au pistou, and the sale of garlic, a staple ingredient in Provençal cuisine.

7. The controversy over the end of the public service mandate granted to the Château de la Buzine association, chaired by Nicolas Pagnol, has caused political response in the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône.

[streetsofdublin]

CAPEL STREET

The junction of Ryders Row and Capel Street will undergo a greening enhancement in January 2023 to make this entrance into Capel Street more welcoming.

[thedreadvampy]

When I am king it will be illegal to do car mods which do the following:

Make engines louder for no reason

Make the nyooooom sound for no reason

Make your engines constantly backfire like a fucking gun going off on a residential street you absolute fucking horsecunts some of us have reactive PTSD and live with a streetside window your car isn't a fucking fireworks show and btw when I'm king we won't have fireworks show either

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Not to be undemocratic but we need to just stop doing extensive public consultations for public projects in Ireland because I'm really tired of NIMBYism gutting important projects. Sorry I don't care that Margaret from Terenure doesn't want a bus lane or a cycle lane going by her house, she can fucking deal with it.

It feels like getting any good infrastructure work done here is always an uphill battle with retired homeowners who have nothing better to do than bitch about everything. Literally just stop caring what they think. You can't let some hyper-local opposition for stupid reasons kill a project that's going to benefit the city as a whole.

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[myothertardisisonthemun]

15 minute cities aren't bad as a thought bubble, but we've got to remember to design cities for how people actually live, want to live, and that take into account what's actually there. That means we still need a mix of housing styles, where possible.

I've noticed that at the moment, where I live at least, they're pretty good at local detail, but less so at integrating different places.

A little community on a rail line where you've got shops, offices and apartments all next to one another is all well and good, but if that's all you've got near all the stations, then any time someone wants to go out to an entertainment venue, community centre, etc, they've still got to hop in the car, or navigate a much slower bus route.

As an idea, it's incomplete unless combined with bigger picture thinking.

[surfs-up-brian]

Speaking of jaywalking once in Florida my dad crossed the freeway to get to a cafe or mcdonalds or something and everyone was mortified that he did so. It was like opposite his hotel and he refused to get a car bc why tf would you do that when its like 50 metres away.

[124daisies]

Levi's Store & Rolling Stones Store, Carnaby Street, London

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[beeseverywhen]

I was initially just gonna write in the tags but I got mad lol so here are some more pictures of alexandra road

i’m obsessed with the politics of architecture it’s not even a far stretch to say that one of the biggest hurtles a socialist project in the united states would have to face isn’t even the police state or the bourgeois media it’s the landscape

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The Rock, Bury town centre

[streetsofdublin]

NEW LANDSCAPING UNDERWAY AT RYDERS ROW IN DUBLIN

New landscaping and tree planting at the north end of Capel Street/Ryder’s Row by @DCCParksBiodiv, bounded by new Leinster granite kerbs.

APEX OF THE TRIANGLE BOUNDED BY CAPEL STREET – RYDERS ROW – PARNELL STREET New landscaping and tree planting at the north end of Capel Street/Ryder’s Row by @DCCParksBiodiv, bounded by new Leinster granite kerbs. It marks the beginning of the Capel Street interim public realm enhancement, to be delivered along the entire street by the start of summer. In 2022 the City Council had announced that…