City Life

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All topics urbanism and city related, from urban planning to public transit to municipal interest stuff. Both automobile and FuckCars inclusive.

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Can Cities Drive SUVs Off Their Streets? (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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How Many People Does Car Culture Kill, Exactly? (usa.streetsblog.org)
submitted 6 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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Pedestrian safety and crosswalks: Recent research (journalistsresource.org)
submitted 6 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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The obscure but extremely important battle over building codes (www.volts.wtf)
submitted 6 months ago by nix@midwest.social to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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"The Motorist Won" - Art project emphasizing the absurdity of car-centric design (www.scalefulness.com)
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"Suita Titan" ("The Titan Suite") - documentary film about life as a young person during the Communist regime in the iconic Titan neighborhood, Bucharest, Romania (libranet.de)
submitted 6 months ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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English captions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QvLTVXqYM0

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Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes (electrek.co)
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After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild: Most defunct golf courses get paved over, but a number are getting transformed into ecological life rafts for wildlife, plants — and people. (www.nytimes.com)
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archive.is link

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Hoboken Celebrates 7 Years Without A Traffic Death (patch.com)
submitted 6 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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From Montreal to Berlin, Cities Aim to Stay Open 24 Hours (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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State funding could be withheld from Colorado cities that don’t tie housing to transit under new affordability push (coloradosun.com)
submitted 7 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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How Parking Reform Is Helping Transform American Cities (e360.yale.edu)
submitted 7 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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New York Port Authority moves ahead with $10B replacement of Midtown's miserable bus terminal (gothamist.com)
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14 Patterns of Biophilic Design (www.terrapinbrightgreen.com)
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I found this today going through papers and reports about the cognitive effects of nature themed stimuli. Some of these design patterns aren't within our control, but some of them are very accessible and might be interesting to folks looking to make smaller adjustments in their surroundings for mental health benefits.

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Washington Legislature Advances Proposal Allowing Cafes in More Neighborhoods (www.theurbanist.org)
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Jeep’s all-electric Wagoneer S to go on sale in the US in fall 2024 (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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The social housing secret: how Vienna became the world’s most livable city (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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A Global Survey of Bike Bus Initiatives (bikeportland.org)
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‘Student Should Have a Healthy-Looking BMI’: How Universities Bend Over Backwards to Accommodate Food Delivery Robots (www.404media.co)
submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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Sewage - a low cost, low carbon way to heat homes (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 8 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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Paris Is Great — But the Green Mobility Revolution Is Happening All Over Europe (usa.streetsblog.org)
submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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The social ideology of the motorcar (unevenearth.org)
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The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)
submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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2024 is Poised to be Puget Sound’s Biggest Transit Year in Decades - The Urbanist (www.theurbanist.org)
submitted 8 months ago by chloyster@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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A Cultural Critique of the Tesla Cybertruck (www.roadandtrack.com)
submitted 9 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
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