From Belém to a new Brasília: Brazil's cities in the 1950s – in pictures @guardiancities

#JaneJacobs

Encore:
Jim Jacobs on the Jane at Home exhibit
about his mom, the activist-author #JaneJacobs @BWheelerglobe https://t.co/z0UXabNMmU

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#JaneJacobs’s Street Smarts @adamgopnik @NewYorker https://t.co/xxJ2PL0D2V via

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#JaneJacobs—neither liberal nor libertarian. What did she believe? https://t.co/dhrGXf5Mdo @peterlaurence @PPS_Placemaking @MarketUrbanism

— Nathan Storring (@natestorring) October 1, 2016

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Alissa Walker in Curbed — Our streets are killing us

In 2015, a staggering 35,092 people were killed on U.S. streets—a 7.2% increase from 2014. According to a report out this week, this year is on track to be even deadlier: Based on preliminary data, the National Safety Council predicts the number of traffic deaths has already increased an additional 9% percent in the first six months of 2016. Sadly, cities are seeing evidence of this trend first-hand on their sidewalks and crosswalks. In New York City, 16 cyclists have already been killed this year, more than the number of cyclists killed in all of 2015. Read more: Our streets are killing us - Curbed