January 2012
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Kaid Benfield: More walkable urban development is... →
Nice read!
Jan 18th
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Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The... →
The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of most residential neighbourhoods. Extensive cycling rights of way in the Netherlands,Denmark and Germany are complemented by ample bike parking, full integration with public transport, comprehensive traffic...
Jan 18th
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TechCrunch: A City Is A Startup: The Rise Of The... →
An interesting piece comparing successful cities to start up businesses On stage at last month’s Le Web conferenceShervin Pishevar, a Managing Director at Menlo Ventures, stated “The World is a Startup.” It’s an interesting perspective, and I think what’s true for the world is also true for countries, states and municipalities. With developments like last month’sannouncement that Cornell was...
Jan 17th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Calculate the modal split in your city! →
The European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM) have created TEMS, a database that lets you calculate and compare the modal split between cars, public transit, cycling and walking in different European cities including the UK!   EPOMM hopes TEMS will enable comparison and a positive competition between cities for more sustainability. EPOMM is well aware that comparability is difficult with...
Jan 3rd
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The Telegraph: London's cycle accident black spots... →
Interesting reading and graphics in the telegraph today. They have published a map detailing all of the reported bicycle accidents in London between August 2010 and July 2011. Details of every accident involving a bicycle reported to Transport for London between August 2010 and July 2011 have been released… Mapping the incidents reveals some of the most dangerous areas for cycling in...
Jan 3rd
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“First life, then spaces, then buildings; the other way around never works.”
– Jan Gehl (via landusejournal)
Jan 3rd
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Jan 1st
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Salon: Can gentrification work for everyone? →
Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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camping in the city...of New York! →
I love this..New York plans to redevelop existing camping facilities at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn! I wish Royal Parks and London Councils would try this…properly managed it could make London’s parks even more accessible and valuable!  Read the US DOI press release here! Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, once the city’s first municipal airport but now virtually unused, is...
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 21st
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Inside Housing: Time to roll back the Green Belt →
Oh! So that’s the answer…simples! NOT! Seriously I read things like this and shudder…
Dec 19th
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November 2011
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“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion...”
– Abraham Lincoln (via davidberlekamp) I read this and thought it was so true when it came to car dependance!
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Esquire: Janette Sadik-Khan: Urban Reengineer
Photo:Olugbenro Ogunsemore via Esquire A great piece on NYC DOTs, Janette Sadik-Khan in Esquire at the moment as part of The Brightest: 16 Geniuses Who Give Us Hope … Whereas most city officials and past DOT commissioners would have insisted on capital funds for something like, say, a bike lane, Sadik-Khan teases them out on the cheap. When you use capital funds for a project, you need...
Nov 21st
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“A good city is like a good party, you stay for longer than you plan.”
– Jan Gehl
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 3rd
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Communities and Local Government Committee... →
A new report published by the DCLG on the current state of regeneration in the UK. The extract below is from the parliament website:  Ministers have no adequate strategy to address the complex problems faced by England’s most deprived communities. If further resources for regeneration are not found, there is a risk that major problems will be stored up for the future, warn MPs from the...
Nov 3rd
October 2011
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WatchWatch
The Enabling City: Place-Based Creative Problem-Solving and the Power of the Everyday A nice toolbox from The Enabling City demonstrating projects that encourage people to engage and participate in the places where they live.
Oct 28th
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And that is how to do it!  A cool video from Copenhaganize demonstrating the utter coolness of the green wave!  We could so do with some of this coordination in London!
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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