“To have your horizon shifted in a town of 6,000 by an unheralded gem of a painting or a song belted out from a band shell on a starry summer night, that’s special. It reinforces the truth that big cities and grand institutions per se don’t produce creative works; individuals do. And being reminded of that is fun.”
Smithsonian Magazine via Planetizen
— David Sucher, Sustainable Communities Collective
Video about car use in Mexico, the high cost of “free” and subsidies, and the disconnect between funding car projects compared to the percentage of car users
— Jane Jacobs from a 1958 essay Fortune magazine recently reprinted
Article describes Detroit’s cuts to its bus system. One rider’s description:
“‘They don’t care about low-income people or people that do catch the bus, as far as going to school or going back and forth to work,’ says one rider who’s commute time has gone from two hours to four.”
Interesting article about cities’ attempts to curb loitering: From high frequency sounds to discourage teens from loitering to opera to keep the average person on the move to piped-in birdsong.
— Jan Gehl
1. Sell the idea of proximity, not density.
2. Recreate the grid.
3. Use all that extra space to your advantage (read: bike paths.)
4. Create a “there” there (read: create villages.)
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