Sacramento bike infrastructure plans. Lots to be desired, but at least some concepts like 15 minute cities are being looked at.
#BikeTooter #Sacramento #urbanplaning

https://www.sacbee.com/news/environment/article278500889.html

San Jose is a particularly dire example of a worrisome urban spiral: Lower occupancy of office buildings
➡️lower tax revenue
➡️less spending on fighting homelessness and public transit
➡️even lower occupancy of office buildings.

An urban geographer has been studying how #cities are at risk of becoming what he calls "Donut City 2.0" - and warns that there are no easy fixes, especially after Federal pandemic relief funds dry up.

https://theconversation.com/san-jose-and-the-reemergence-of-the-donut-city-209319 #urbanplaning #Siliconvalley

Car crashes aren't "accident". They are super predictable. We just mostly ignore them.

As cars before bigger and safer*, drivers are more reckless and the number of non-fatal but still really bad crashes have increased. Pedestrian deaths have increased. Our roads are less secure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4igbmr3Qj30

* for men only though; women have higher chances to die than man in crashes because air bags aren't designed for them

#cars #carCrashes #urbanPlaning #RoadSafety #fuckCars

New overnight train cars coming to a long-haul #Amtrak route near you. Less obvious to note is how much many rural communities depend on these routes - so even Republican electeds see/know the value of the routes.

https://media.amtrak.com/2023/01/amtrak-starts-the-process-for-new-overnight-trains/

#rail #urbanism #trains #cities #cityplanning #urbanplaning #ruralplanning #transit #transportation