Results of a recent lighting survey in Rome showed that "walking comfort was affected by mean luminance of whole scene, of sidewalk, of lateral wall and of human body; luminance also influenced the perception of street lighting intensity and uniformity and, to a lesser extent, the visibility of other people and of background."
A huge congratulations to @philipthalis on his well-deserved award.
Philip is undeniably both one of Australia's most respected architects and a tireless advocate for good urban design.
More importantly, he's not afraid to speak up publicly against bad state government planning decisions, as he did with Barangaroo, even when there's a personal cost.
Kielmobil.app ist neu. Unter "Wählen Sie ihr Verkehrsmittel", Darf ich nicht zu Fuß gehen?
Es ist genau so, wie ich es empfinde. Wenn Fußwege gesperrt werden ist es egal, wie damals über Monate am Theodor-Heuss-Ring ohne Umleitung.
In Wahlprogrammen und Kooperationsvertrag taucht #Walkability auch nicht auf. Kiel ist da Jahrzehnte hinterher. Damals war Fokus auf #Fahrrad noch zentraler Punkt der #Mobilitätswende#rvkiel
The study shows that the central part is already a 15-minute city, while many suburban neighborhoods have low accessibility scores.
The article also argues that the 15-minute city concept cannot serve as the main development strategy, but can be considered as a flexible tool to support other planning strategies that share the same goals and ambitions.
Tuesday night was a really great night in my career when I won a significant award at an event in Seattle in a room with 800 people. It felt wonderful, and I captured a bit of it here: http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/03/17/a-thrilling-night/.
What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?
A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.
Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.
How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?
So many times I see developers "check the box" on #walkability and #urbanism without actually doing it. This street in #Atlanta has wide sidewalks with greenery and public art. But there's no activation. There aren't even doors or windows at street level. Why would anyone want to spend time here? The bare minimum is not enough.
In December of 2021, the City of Alameda adopted the Signalized Intersection Access Equity Resolution. It aims to improve the safety and convenience of walking, biking, and taking transit. You’re seeing it in action at intersections like Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway and Poggi, shown here before construction, and in its transition today. Where once there were pedestrian barriers, a crosswalk and ADA improvements are being installed.
I just walked along a long stretch of beautiful new sidewalk from a bus stop and encountered this. Shel Silverstein's book is always true-- Where the Sidewalk Ends. he just didn't complete it with the subtitle "With no Advance Warning Far Enough Ahead that You Could Have Crossed at the Roundabout by the Bus Stop to the Side with the Complete Sidewalk and Curb Ramps."
Wow, legislation introduced in #Atlanta today that would ban right turn on red in the core urban neighborhoods. This is HUGE, possibly the biggest pedestrian-friendly policy for the city in a decade. And it has the support to pass! #urbanism#walkability#VisionZero
"Drivers of boxy SUVs and pickup trucks are more likely to kill pedestrians, study finds"
This needs to be built into NHTSA car safety ratings. It makes zero sense for these trucks and SUVs that are deadly to people walking and on bikes to get a 5-star safety ratings.
Für mich wäre der Ziegelteich und Karstadt eigentlich ein zentrales Projekt der Kieler Innenstadt für die Zukunft. Aktuell primär eine Route für Schwerlastverkehr mit mehreren Autospuren und #Walkability ganz am Boden. Aber eigentlich entscheidender Knotenpunkt zum Bahnhof, zur Immenstadt, zum Südfriedhof, Gaarden, Schrevenpark, Exer.
Insolvenz von Signa: Wo sich die Benko-Pleite auswirken könnte | tagesschau.de https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/signa-benko-imperium-100.html
For those unfamiliar with it, Lemmy is basically a federated version of Reddit, distributed across multiple servers like Mastodon. (For anyone who wants to delve further, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, and aussie.zone are three popular Lemmy instances.)
From Mastodon, you can follow any Lemmy group by following its handle, exactly the same way that you would follow a Mastodon account. Any new posts to that group will then begin appearing in your Mastodon feed.
Even better, if you start a thread on Mastodon, you can also post it to a relevant Lemmy group just by including its handle in your post. (Please note this only seems to work with the first post of a thread.)
#UrbanPlanning + #YIMBY friends: Can anyone point me to stats showing that converting to multifamily zoning disincentivizes car use by curbing sprawl and increasing #walkability / #bikeability rather than (as my NIMBY neighbor believes) increasing traffic? Thanks in advance for any boosts! #ActiveTransportation
“It gobbles up scarce land. It adds burdensome costs to developments that get passed on to renters and buyers. It makes it harder for #smallbusinesses to get off the ground. And it harms #walkability and actively works against our public investments in #transit, #bikelanes, #trails and #sidewalks”
One of the easiest ways to further improve #walkability is to increase the connectivity of walkways at public transportation stations to surrounding neighbourhoods and activity centres.
Stations must be designed for last-mile #connectivity, especially with proper walkways.
Stakeholders are encouraged to come together and start a movement to urge the government for change.