Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “cities”

Germany adds Berlin’s techno scene to Unesco cultural heritage list | Germany | The Guardian

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/berlins-techno-scene-added-to-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list

List recognises techno scene’s contribution to Berlin’s cultural identity

From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?

bbc.com/future/article/20240122-from-london-to-new-york-can-quitting-cars-be-popular

Cities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use.

How digital nomads have reshaped cities around the world

restofworld.org/2023/digital-nomads-visa-pricing-out-locals/

The Dangers of Elite Projection

humantransit.org/2017/07/the-dangers-of-elite-projection.html

(Leer en español aquí.) Elite projection is the belief, among relatively fortunate and influential people, that what those people find convenient or attractive is good for the society as a whole. Once you learn to recognize this simple mistake, you see it everywhere. It is perhaps the single most comprehensive barrier to prosperous, just, and […]

As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-maps-neighborhood-names.html

Google’s digital maps have become the world’s default atlas and the arbiter of what neighborhoods are called, even when many residents disagree.

Drawing pictures of cities - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

noahpinion.substack.com/p/drawing-pictures-of-cities

We need to visualize the kinds of urban environments we want to live in

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.