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This is the most important week of the year
At least that's what Seed & Spark's crowdfunding experts tell me.
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EV infrastructure can short circuit car dependency
Another reminder to fall in love with a problem, not a solution.
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Technology upgrades to improve the pedestrian experience
LLMs and AI are the latest technologies that should be embraced by urbanists.
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Psychology of Shared Spaces
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How to design streets for calm driving
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15-minute cities are either for lockdowns or liberations
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New urbanism saved my life
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Take another look at where they put the guardrail
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Middle-Aged Parents Breaking Free from the Shackles of Car Dependence
It’ll take momentum from parents to normalize bicycling as transportation.
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Traffic engineering claims another victim
Another DOT shrugs as another pedestrian is killed on their "technically correct" speedway.
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30 ways bicycling is good for the brain
It's a happy coincidence that May is Bike Month and Mental Health Awareness Month.
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It's about time engineers included the cost of traffic violence in their calculations
Guest post by Sam Sklar, author of Exasperated Infrastructures
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Planners preserve car dependency
...as they blame traffic engineers for car dependency.
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Legalize housing
If you want abundant housing, make it easy to build and hard to block.
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Good urbanism is criminal in most American towns & cities
It's almost impossible to go into any community in the United States and build traditional urbanism without having to change the codes and the…
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Stacks to read this weekend
I'm sure you have interests beyond urbanism. Here are some of the stacks I'm reading. Maybe you'll enjoy them, too.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
If it's good enough for Da Vinci's plans, maybe it's good enough for you.
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Urbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau
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