February 2012
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Getting Around: Cities, Streets, and 'Shared... →
plantedcity: From The Economist: For years urban planners have emphasised the needs of the motorist over those of the pedestrian. Thanks partly to greenery, partly to a greater understanding of how pedestrians behave, and partly to concerns about social cohesion, priorities are changing. London provides two good example of this shift. On February 1st Exhibition Road, a landmark street near...
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“Le 18 juin 1992, le commissaire européen responsable de l’environnement, Carlo...”
– Quand la Commission européenne voulait créer des villes sans voitures
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January 2012
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“Cities are machines for making collaboration easier.”
– Edward Glaeser (via lifeonfoot)
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December 2011
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Escaliers roulants à Medellin
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Rage Against the Machine: Celebrating the Luddite... →
“November 2011 – January 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprisings, in which artisan cloth workers smashed machines which were destroying their trades, undercutting wages and forcing them into unemployment and destitution. Today, the industrial system that the Luddites were rebelling against has led to climate change and huge losses of biodiversity, and its new technologies,...
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November 2011
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Shareable: How to Start a Housing Co-op →
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mo - mobility for tomorrow (par LUNAR Europe)
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October 2011
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The 19 Building Types That Caused the Recession →
mas-studio: Christopher Leinberger, an urban land-use strategist and professor at the University of Michigan, includes the Grocery Anchored Neighborhood Center on his list of the 19 standard real estate product types dominant in post-war America. (The Atlantic)
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““What we have found is that the underlying financing mechanisms of the suburban...”
– How sprawl is like Bernie Madoff | Kaid Benfield’s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC
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““Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little,...”
– Are Workers Too Productive? - Bill Davidow - Business - The Atlantic
Oct 14th
“America’s 20th largest bus service — hauling 120,000 riders a day...”
– The (Illegal) Private Bus System That Works - Lisa Margonelli - National - The Atlantic
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“The history of energy use in human civilisation is generally summarised as...”
– Low-tech Magazine: Medieval smokestacks: fossil fuels in pre-industrial times
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Le club des Suisses sans automobile arrive en... →
Après 7 ans d’existence en Suisse alémanique, le Club des Suisses sans automobile annonce qu’il est en train de constituer une section romande ! Le Club des Suisses sans automobiles – dans sa version germanophone Club der Autofreien Schweiz, abrégé CAS – se veut le contrepied des lobbies automobilistes et vise à défendre les droits des citoyens, qui justement, ont fait le choix de vivre sans...
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September 2011
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“J’appelle «urbanisme en plots» cette manière d’éparpiller des cubes...”
– Urbanisme en plots: les illustrations sont jolies | Lausanne Cités
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'The end of motoring' →
plantedcity: From The Guardian: In Britain, the percentage of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licences fell from 48% in the early 1990s to 35% last year. The number of miles travelled by all forms of domestic transport, per capita per year, has flatlined for years. Meanwhile, road traffic figures for cars and taxis, having risen more or less every year since 1949, have continued to fall...
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