Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “cities”

A Tiny Twist on Street Design: The One-Minute City - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-05/a-tiny-twist-on-street-design-the-one-minute-city

While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.

In Poznan, Poland, eight clams get to decide if people in the city get water or not

zmescience.com/science/poznan-mussel-water-plants-892524/

How Uber Turned a Promising Bikeshare Company Into Literal Garbage - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/5dz94x/uber-acquisition-jump-bikeshare-destroyed-thousands-of-bikes

Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/884kvk/why-the-us-sucks-at-building-public-transit

America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?

Draw all roads in a city at once

anvaka.github.io/city-roads/

When Big Data Maps Your Safest, Shortest Walk Home – Next City

nextcity.org/daily/entry/pedestrian-open-data-safest-shortest-walk-map

“Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle | CityMetric

citymetric.com/transport/birmingham-isn-t-big-city-peak-times-how-poor-public-transport-explains-uk-s-productivity

In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/07/17/climate/india-heat-wave-summer.html

City Street Orientations around the World - Geoff Boeing

geoffboeing.com/2018/07/city-street-orientations-world/

Paris-Berlin, destins croisés (1/4) | ARTE

arte.tv/guide/fr/051897-001-A/paris-berlin-destins-croises-1-4

Comment, en trois siècles d'une histoire tumultueuse, les capitales française et allemande ont grandi au miroir l'une de l'autre. Une passionnante épopée urbaine, qui combine à l'art de la synthèse un lumineux sens du détail. Ce premier épisode est l'histoire d'une fascination : celle que nourrit une petite ville sans passé envers une cité à l'histoire prestigieuse.