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I post a lot of links to Mastodon -- basically I use it as a reading list. They are mostly about urbanism, biking, traffic planning, public transportation, equality and climate change. I thought it might be a good idea, to share and archive some of those links here as well. Someone might be interested.
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Culture and climate go hand in hand
To move forward we need to look back. The clues towards a sustainable future are hidden in our heritage.
"A vidéki ember attól erős, hogy mindig tudta: mindegy, hol a hatalom, a világ közepe ott van, ahol ő él"
Árnyéksáv című sorozatában a magát dokumentarista fotográfusnak valló Móricz-Sabján az alföldi közösségek változásait igyekezett tetten érni, mert – mint a sorozathoz mellékelt ars poeticájában írja – "a vidéki emberekben és közösségekben rengeteg erő van."
Read it in Hungarian on qubit.hu
4 ways to make public transport easy to use and safe for all
Who would argue that great public transport isn’t something every big town and city needs? Despite this, many cities are dogged by years of poor planning, low investment and lack of political will. The result? Car-choked cities, congestion and limited opportunities for people to live healthy and active lives.
The Surprising Reason Why Hovertrains Aren't Everywhere
Shortly after prototype models were built, the plans for adoption on a widespread scale fell by the wayside as a result of many unique shortcomings that these fast movers were plagued by (via Wired). While it's true that a hovertrain could potentially reinvent the way that we think about ground transportation (and manufacturers are often brought back to the model of the hovercar for this very reason), one significant mechanical barrier to the dramatic speed of the vehicles was the inevitable need to slow substantially around turns. Even so, the safety needs and mechanics of travel relating to speed were only one issue.
Ignore false claims and bad journalism – most LTNs do reduce traffic
With low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), which use motor traffic restrictions to boost walking and cycling, the top choice used to be claiming that they increase pollution. But that has now been so thoroughly debunked that it’s losing its magic. So a new variant appeared recently in the Times, claiming that “councils that implemented LTNs during the pandemic have seen bigger increases in car use than boroughs that did not”.
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If you are interested in topics and reads like the above, check my Mastodon -- link in the footer.
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Comments are welcome -- send them to uptempo07.brines [the usual symbol] icloud.com.
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