Many great public spaces have ebbs and flows. Like Nathan Philips Square, and it still works brilliantly, for every + special days. @lavrys
— jennifer keesmaat (@jen_keesmaat) March 1, 2014
— jennifer keesmaat (@jen_keesmaat) March 1, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
From ourcitiesourselves.org —
10 Principles for Transport in Urban Life
Click image for link to the pdf document http://www.itdp.org/documents/2010-OurCitiesOurselves_Booklet.pdf
From Better! Cities & Towns Online —
Housing Shortage or Urbanism Shortage?
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In case you hadn't yet noticed, urban living is pretty hot right now. Preference surveys show time and time again that a strong share of the overall American public would prefer to live in a walkable urban neighborhood than a suburban subdivision which caters only to the automobile. A majority still prefers suburban living, but the minority which craves city living is large and getting larger.
This trend is especially pronounced in younger people, indicating that it will probably be long-lasting. Millennials, the generation born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, have markedly different preferences than previous generations. By and large, they are much more inclined to gravitate toward city living and away from automobiles than their Baby Boomer parents. Many say they'd give up their cars before their computers or cell phones. Read more: Housing shortage or urbanism shortage? | Better! Cities & Towns Online
This trend is especially pronounced in younger people, indicating that it will probably be long-lasting. Millennials, the generation born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, have markedly different preferences than previous generations. By and large, they are much more inclined to gravitate toward city living and away from automobiles than their Baby Boomer parents. Many say they'd give up their cars before their computers or cell phones. Read more: Housing shortage or urbanism shortage? | Better! Cities & Towns Online
Vid about Waterloo-Kitchener LRT emphasizes abundance of access, role in a larger network, not just techno-thrill. http://t.co/EIPoLTvDpF
— Jarrett Walker (@humantransit) February 27, 2014
"It took me 40 years to get rid of my education” — Jan Gehl @citiesforpeople
"It took me 40 years to get rid of my education” — Jan Gehl @citiesforpeople http://t.co/1D77L1b4jN
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) February 27, 2014@CeasingFuzzball Cars flow into infrastructure build for them. Ergo... divert funds away from road building... @LitmanVTPI @citiesforpeople
— TheSidewalkBallet (@1sidewalkballet) February 22, 2014
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