https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/12/126862-video-european-style-street-philadelphia

Writing in Next City, Aysha Khan notes that “CityBeautiful explores what would it take to integrate more such narrow, #walkablestreets into U.S. cities, from overcoming regulations on minimum #streetwidths and #parkingminimums.”
Watch the video to understand how large American blocks can transform into human-scaled streets.
#walkacities #HousePeopleNotCars
#15MinuteNeighborhood

Video: A ‘European-Style’ Street in Philadelphia

With its narrow lanes and mature trees, Philadelphia’s Quince Street illustrates what’s possible.

Why Bad Street Design is Both Costly and Deadly

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In #poor countries the rising #middleclass is discovering that the first thing they want to buy when they can afford to is a #car. From Johannesburg to São Paulo, Bengaluru to Jakarta, the car is increasingly dominant. The fastest-growing #cities all over the world look more like Houstons than like #Amsterdams. And far more people live in them than in #America or #Europe. That is why unless we deal with the car, #climatechange is going to prove unstoppable.

Carmageddon: how cars make life worse and what to do about it. By Daniel Knowles. Page 23.

#ObliviousConsumption #taxtherich #HousePeopleNotCars #walkablecities #15minuteneighborhood

"That burden of having to worry about getting them to the places they need to go has been lifted"
@modacitylife about the #feministCity, #FreeRangeKids and #15minuteNeighborhood as a working mom, spending so much time and stress on getting kids around in a deficient #transportation network vs #Delft and being free from time wasted in traffic. @TheWarOnCars (at 20m) https://thewaroncars.org/2021/12/27/curbing-traffic-with-melissa-and-chris-bruntlett/
77. Curbing Traffic with Melissa and Chris Bruntlett

The War on Cars
@burritojustice it's almost like people are discovering that everyone can live in a #15minuteNeighborhood if they just replace a few parking lots with shops that serve your daily needs.