Sunday, July 13, 2025

Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July — Impeccable results: New Skynex video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian drones with German gun — Ukraine destroys Russian drone unit after Kherson infant killed, child should never have been a target — “Cut off the head”: Ukrainian intelligence accuses Putin’s favorite brigade of another war crime … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/sunday-july-13-2025/

43 Times #UrbanPlanners Failed To Understand People’s #Needs, And It Resulted In ‘Desire Paths’

https://www.boredpanda.com/interesting-desire-paths-pics/

43 Times Urban Planners Failed To Understand People's Needs, And It Resulted In 'Desire Paths' (New Pics)

You're running late to the bus stop. You check your clock every few strides — there's still hope to make it. But after you turn a corner, you see that the sidewalk you've been sprinting takes a ridiculous curve instead of going straight to the street where you need to go. So what do you do? Cut the line through the grass.

Bored Panda

Hey, urbanists! Whose got a modern suburban-style cul-de-sac in their city or town that is older than 1925? Hit me up!

#histodons
#UrbanPlanners
#UrbanDesign
#urbanists

Progressive tool to assist #urbanplanners reduce #carbonemissions. In Panorama, you can track Sweden’s emissions and the transitions that can minimise them. Explore the platform, the result of government agency collaboration, and see how Sweden can reach the 2045 zero-emissions target. https://app.climateview.global/public/board/48023530-bb99-4a82-a00e-c9e7aad71f5d
Panorama - Visualizing Sweden’s climate transition

Panorama gives an overview of the current state, what is being done and what needs to be done to reach the Swedish climate goals.

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Anyone thinking about going to the APA conference in Philadelphia this year? I’m interested in going, mostly because I’ve never been to Philly before and I like the project related conference tours, but I’m also kinda scared to ask if we have the budget for cross-country travel. Someone give me a marketable excuse :) #urbanplanning #architects #urbanplanners #urbanism #cities #philadelphia #npc23
@aarnegranlund Not only in Finnland. In Western Canada we have a warming wind - Chinook - that periodically sends the temperature well above freezing. The resulting ice when the temperature drops again can be treacherous. #UrbanPlanners can we do something about this?
Dites les #velotafeurs, les #mastobikes et autres pratiquant de la chtite reine, vous avez vu ce compte: @CarlosMorenoFr?
Bien évidemment tout aussi intéressant pour les #urbanites / #urbanplanners

With another wave from the birdsite, Hello! I am an architect based in Washington DC hoping to build a network of architecture professionals on this platform. If you are an #architect in practice or academia, write about #architecture or work in a related field stop by and say hello and I'll give you a follow.

#Architects #UrbanPlanners #LandscapeArchitects #InteriorArchitecture #Transit #TOD #InfillArchitecture #ArchitecturalHistorians #missingmiddle #masterplanning #urbandesign

At the Smart City Expo World Congress we had the opportunity to show-case our approach to #urbanplanning ! With #artificialintelligence real-time #impact assessment, #generativedesign#dataanalytics and interactive #visualizations we showcased novel methods for #urbanplanners#municipalities to design more #sustainable #cities 👉https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aitcil_city-intelligence-lab-at-the-smart-city-expo-activity-7006199989487988736-SE5D?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
AIT City Intelligence Lab on LinkedIn: City Intelligence Lab at the Smart City Expo World Congress!

The Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona was a great experience! Next to a swath of new exciting contacts and many fruitful conversations we had...

#America's #deadliest #road, #explained - YouTube

Most #American #roads aren’t just #unpleasant for #pedestrians, they can be #dangerous. #Pedestrian #fatalities have been rising in the past few years, and #urbanPlanners point to the way roads are #designed as the culprit.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0-nthHT-J1k

America's deadliest road, explained

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