I saw this image on "What does it mean?" so my answer was, "See if your municipality has an Active Transportation map. Overlay the last image on it, and then you'll understand."
Recent searches
Search options
#urbanplanning
6 posts6 participants0 posts today
Our latest issue is out now!
#11: 500 car-free streets, 812 vacant lots reclaimed, and 20mph urban speed limits
#urbanism #urbanism+ #urbanplanning
https://open.substack.com/pub/urbanismnow/p/11-500-car-free-streets-812-vacant
Urbanism Now · #11: 500 car-free streets, 812 vacant lots reclaimed, and 20mph urban speed limits
Can neighborhood tree layout benefit your health? https://www.futurity.org/neighborhood-tree-layout-health-3274422/
The study identified a significantly lower mortality risk in people who live in neighborhoods with large, contiguous, and well networked areas of tree canopies than for people who live in areas with fewer, fragmented areas of tree canopies with complex geometries.
Archdaily : Cityplot Buiksloterham / Studioninedots + DELVA Landscape Architecture https://www.archdaily.com/1028455/cityplot-buiksloterham-studioninedots-plus-delva-landscape-architecture #UrbanPlanning #CityPlanning #Urbanism
ArchDaily · Cityplot Buiksloterham / Studioninedots + DELVA Landscape ArchitectureCompleted in 2013 in The Netherlands. Images by Sebastian van Damme. Studioninedots & DELVA's Cityplot Buiksloterham: a pioneering, new urban district built on sustainability and collaboration. In Amsterdam's...
Replied in thread
@drtcombs.bsky.social Is the key factor really the amount of traffic as the article claims? Or is it the amount of time spent commuting, mixed with low-density suburban sprawl?
Imagine spending an hour or more getting ready in the morning, and an hour travelling into work, and then eight hours at work, and then another hour of unpaid overtime, and then another hour heading home.
I don't blame you after all that not wanting to spend an hour preparing and cooking dinner!
And if you're in a low-density suburb where most of the options are fast food, it's understandable if what you end up with is a Big Mac.
Especially if you're in a car, and a drive thru gets you home quicker.
I think the answer is to give more people the option to live closer to where they work, or to work from home more often.
And denser areas close to public transport tend to have a greater variety of meal options than the car-dependent outer suburbs.
So the answer isn't more roads. It's more quality housing, work, and transport alternatives.
Replied in thread
@jaystephens @ketanjoshi.co And then we have Australia's next great city, Parramatta.
It's a city that, roughly once a year, has a harbour...
This from Parramatta City Council itself: "From the earliest days, the changeable nature of the Parramatta River, and other waterways, has brought with it the risk of flooding.
"Today, our CBD is one of the most flash-flood affected areas in the country. Our challenge is to live with the river in all its various conditions."
https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/environment/connected-resilient-communities/flooding
And this from a top State Emergency Service official in 2019:
"A senior SES official has warned that Parramatta's CBD could be overwhelmed by a flash flood in as little as nine minutes, giving residents little time to evacuate.
"George Jeoffreys, senior manager for risk reduction and avoidance at the NSW State Emergency Service, cited the difficulty of predicting flash floods."
You had parts of Parramatta's CBD flood in 2020:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-10/parramatta-river-overflows-as-floods-grip-sydney/11948910
And earlier this year: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/nsw-pseudo-monsoon-humidity-flooding-rains-qld-nsw/105095284
And of course there's pressure to put new high-rise developments right on the river edge: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-council-rejects-build-to-rent-tower-plan-over-flood-risk-20240108-p5evsm.html
www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.auFlooding | City of ParramattaWe can't stop flooding but together we can keep our community safe. Learn more about Council's flood management work.
ABC News · Planning Commission panel lashes Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium plan
Small Quebec town introduces $200 tax for treeless yards in effort to combat heat islands
A small Quebec town is using a novel approach to encourage residents to plant trees by charging a $200 annual surtax to homeowners who don't have at least one tree in their front yard. The municipality said the trees are necessary to mitigate the impact ...
#environment #tax #urbanplanning #heat #Quebec #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/saint-amable-eco-tax-homes-without-trees-1.7493930?cmp=rss
Small Quebec town introduces $200 tax for treeless yards in effort to combat heat islands
A small Quebec town is using a novel approach to encourage residents to plant trees by charging a $200 annual surtax to homeowners who don't have at least one tree in their front yard. The municipality said the trees are necessary to mitigate the impact ...
#environment #tax #urbanplanning #heat #Quebec #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/saint-amable-eco-tax-homes-without-trees-1.7493930?cmp=rss
Quick #LocalPolitics #UrbanPlanning rant: Using quick experimental interventions is good. You implement something, collect data, see if it works, make adjustments. What's not good is not having a follow-up plan for experiments. That's what happened with the #MadisonWI State Street Ped Mall. Last summer, several blocks of the street were closed to all motorized traffic during certain hours of the day. Street furniture, pavement decorations, and programming were added. (thread)
“#India, experts say, is an ideal place for piloting a net-zero-energy city, which meets all of its energy needs with renewables. The country of more than 1.4 billion people is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, and its leaders have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070.”
#ClimateChange #UrbanPlanning #sustainability #ClimateCrisis #GoodNews #GiftLink #GiftArticle #5-10-15
The Washington Post · This muggy city keeps cool with minimal AC. Here’s how.
My thoughts on 'Neoliberal peri‐urban economies and the predicament of dairy farmers: a case study of the Illawarra region, New South Wales' (Ren Hu & Nicholas J. Gill, 2022).
This paper includes a very thorough literary review and insights into the perceptions and experiences of Illawara dairy farmers as the region is urbanised.
The paper is perhaps worth a read if you are concerned with land-use issues in rural communities.
https://joesilver.micro.blog/2025/03/25/my-commentary-on-the-paper.html
joesilver.micro.blog'Neoliberal peri‐urban economies and the predicament of dairy farmers: a case study of the Illawarra region, New South Wales' (Ren Hu, Nicholas J. Gill)The paper explores the changing dynamics of land use in the …
Harvard GSD Videos : Maurice Cox and Lori Lightfoot Tuesday 3/25 #design #urbanplanning #chicago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrTaJPZCLM
Continued thread
What else we’re reading: Check out stories like “How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built” and “Can This Car-Free Neighborhood Clone Itself?” for some inspiring ideas! #UrbanPlanning #Transportation
Continued thread
What else we’re reading: Check out stories like “How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built” and “Can This Car-Free Neighborhood Clone Itself?” for some inspiring ideas! #UrbanPlanning #Transportation
A century ago, Los Angeles passed an ordinance that put cars above people. That model spread worldwide—even to cities where car ownership is low.
via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social
https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/walk-dont-walk-actually-just-dont-walk
ITS InternationalWalk | Don’t Walk – actually, just Don’t WalkIn 1925 a traffic ordinance was introduced in Los Angeles. The 100-year anniversary is significant because, transportation historian Peter Norton suggests, the law in effect set the blueprint for car-dependency across the US. Adam Hill asks him how…
Lil NIMBYism going on in Monroe County. You can always tell when they start talking about preserving the character.
"Change the zoning of couple hundred parcels from High Development Residential (HD) to Residential 1 (RES), which is a downzoning...most of the homes use septic systems and currently do not have access to sewer, the presence of karst/sinkholes in the area, and to preserve the overall character of the area."
The B Square Bulletin · March 17, 2025: Theater preview, annexation update, zoning galore, a dandy dogRelaunch update
For now, I have settled into a twice-a-week pattern (Monday-Thursday) for the morning email, which is called the Almost Daily Bulletin.
Before the shutdown last year, it was a three-day schedule. It's probably fair to say that twice a week does not merit the description of "almost daily,
On #Lahore's disastrous approach to "development" - the american model of urban sprawl and real-estate capitalism fully in control, suffocating and drowning millions in heat and floods.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1892744/lahores-urban-disaster-from-colonial-sprawl-to-capitalist-chaos
DAWN.COM · Lahore’s urban disaster: From colonial sprawl to capitalist chaos
"Everyone knows the construction of the interstate along the Delaware River waterfront 60 years ago was a catastrophe of urban planning. So why is the state planning to make the road even bigger?"
Tip: Use your browser's Reader view; the ads move content and you lose your place
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2025/03/14/i-95-expansion-south-philadelphia/
Philadelphia Magazine · Highway to Hell: Inside PennDOT's Plan to Widen I-95 Through South Philly