Ever wish you had some car-free streets in your city or town? At least once or twice a week? More and more cities across the U.S. and across the world are getting them, with the temporary street closings (i.e. once a week or once a month) commonly referred to as ciclovias. In the past […]
The calm before the calm. Victoria Street, West Bow #Edinburgh #OpenStreets Sunday 7th July 2019
This study, along with the exhibition of students works, represents yet another aspect of our cooperation and contribution to our common tendencies...
175 likes, 4 comments - al_humphreys on September 22, 2020: "A new episode of the Living Adventurously podcast has gone live: www.alastairhumphreys.com/podcast Daisy Narayanan is the director of Urbanism at @Sustrans and is working on the central Edinburgh transformation project. She is an architect, an urban designer, a cyclist, and a fan of books, food and music. I really enjoyed our chat. SHOW NOTES Placemaking - making a better place for people to live, work, play and learn. Good city design should be intutive, and the city 'lead you' in a flow through the places you need to go Open Streets campaign - https://www.connectingedinburgh.com/open-streets/open-streets-1 A parent should feel safe for their child to cross the street in a city 20-minute neighbourhood - all your amenities should be within a 20-minute walk. Therefore fewer cars needed. Builds a stronger sense of community too. Melbourne's 20-minute neighbourhoods - https://www.planmelbourne.vic.gov.au/current-projects/20-minute-neighbourhoods Dabbawallas - the world's best delivery system - Invisible Women: https://invisiblewomenbook.co.uk/ Mumbai's extraordinary laundry system Bought an e-bike last year Calls herself a 'utility cyclist' As you grow up in India you become too cool for cycling We need to make it easier to cycle and walk, and harder to make it drive There has been a great improvement in urban planning and sustainable planning in the UK Cities that are designed for women are designed for everyone Vienna has consciously tried to design the city from a women's perspective Men and women use cities in very different ways, making different journeys The first part of changing your lens for how you view something is to not take things for granted. Listen and ask 'why?' Safety is a big issue for getting more women cycling - well-lit cycle paths etc. Without action now the car will become the default socially-distanced means of transport In lockdown China went to a huge increase in car usership. Scotland is trying to encourage people to walk and cycle rather than a default setting of 'jump in the car' The high street has to be a place where people want to linger, not just pass through. The extraordinary ordinary #livingadventurously".
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Open Streets programs, also known as Ciclovias, open streets to people and close them to cars encouraging participation in physical activity and healthy r…
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Placemaking is a participatory process for shaping public space that harnesses the ideas and assets of the people who use it.
Placemaking is a participatory process for shaping public space that harnesses the ideas and assets of the people who use it.
Living innovation zones transform San Francisco's sidewalks.
The Placemaking process can be used either in retrofitting an existing space or planning a new space.
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Any successful urban space in a city has lots of factors attached to it. Spaces speak and portray some characters that create certain experience for.....
Placemaking and public art serve as powerful tools that welcome people to visit, engage, and enjoy a space in a unique way. Creative placemaking places an emphasis on design which cultivates the social experience in the built environment. Public art adds an element of whimsy and delight, which upon
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