I wanted to learn the names of the neighbourhoods in #Ghent, so I made me a #puzzle. I added the neighbourhoods in #OpenStreetMap , then made a custom theme in #MapComplete and use the 'export as PNG'-functuon. The background is a modified stylesheet for @protomaps
17 Apr 1654: St John Lloyd of #Brecon is sent home to #Wales from #Ghent#otd He ministered on the Glamorgan-Monmouthshire border area. Executed with St Phlip Evans at #Cardiff in July 1679 (eebo/Therese Wynn-Davies)
I stumbled upon a quote from Dr. Dirk von Schneidemesser. He described #cycling in #Germany as "normalized but marginalized". And that completely describes cycling in #Belgium as well.
It means biking gets some space and investment to stimulate it, but priority is always given to motor traffic in both investment and amount of public space taken.
#bike priority roads like in #Ghent are a nice start, but we need a shift in thinking.
-più zone #pedonali
-ha diviso il centro in settori, impedendo il traffico di attraversamento
Risultati:
-riduzione del traffico sulle direttrici #ciclabili, quindi più senso sicurezza
-migliore qualità dell'aria, meno #inquinamento
-meno #traffico!
Il motto è: "chi deve andare in città, ci arriverà più facilmente"
"The report showed that improvements in #AirQuality between 2019 and 2022 from lowering motor vehicle pollution – even before the expansion of the #ULEZ throughout the capital since August – rivalled the potential savings from entirely cleaning up #London’s aviation or industrial and commercial heat and power generation."
"#Antwerp was the first city to set up a zone in 2017. This was followed by #Brussels, and then #Ghent. Like #London’s ultra-low emission zone (#ULEZ), and more than 320 schemes across Europe, the Belgian zones are designed to improve air pollution by deterring the most polluting vehicles from driving on city streets (generally the oldest diesels)."
In these cities, #AirPollution has decreased faster than in cities without low emissions zones.
Hey devs around here: how do you test accessibility?
I've been testing #mapcomplete with the #Orca#screenreader today, and fixing some issues but I feel quite unsure about it, so I'p interested in your approaches.
Or if someone who's using a screenreader could help me test (in #ghent or at #CCC), that would be appreciated
9 Dec 1700: Margaret (Xavieria) Arthur of #Limerick enters the #Benedictine Convent at #Ghent, becomes abbess there in 1723, she was a protégée of Mary of Modena (BM)