"The 2022 holiday Open Streets saw various city agencies work to fully or partially pedestrianize stretches of Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, West 49th Street and West 50th Street on three Sundays in December.
Overall, business along the pedestrianized streets saw a 13.9 percent bump in transactions and an average of $90,000 in additional spending each day of the Open Street."
https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/midtown-holiday-open-street-gave-3-mil-boost-local-biz-mayor
The surprising history of cars in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
"There was never a moment when lots of Americans weren’t fighting car domination."
#cars #cities #CarsRuinCities #CarsDestroyCities #UrbanPlanning
This article showing evidence of how parking lots "eat" U.S. cities (https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/parking-lots-eat-american-cities, found via @kottke) reminds me of another one:
"Why 'SimCity' has no parking lots, and other insights from the lead designer"
#SimCity #cars #parking #UrbanPlanning #cities #CarsDestroyCities
The automobile and petroleum industries are ramping up the genocide in India.
This is car exhaust.
@IndyPedCrisis let's fix the motornormative caption:
"Driver Wielding a Car Strikes Woman"
Cleveland joining Columbus in filing suit against the automobile industry....
But only for costs associated with car theft.
What about the millions in other property destruction, by all automobiles, which are designed to cause it?
Right idea, woefully insufficient justification.
Stefan Bohacek
Nevin Thompson
MotorizedVehicleHegemony
HyL☮️🚲🇨🇦
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