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Dustin
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DOT engineer in the streets, bakfiets-riding “good trouble” maker in the sheets
This article advocates for converting redundant street parking into biodiverse green space to promote depaving, canopy cover, and ecological connectivity in cities.
Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking - npj Urban Sustainability
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are recognised as a means to address challenges such as heatwaves, flooding and biodiversity loss. Delivering these benefits at scale will require large areas of scarce urban land to be converted into green space. Here we show an approach by which cities can make substantial progress towards their sustainability targets using NBS, by converting redundant street parking into biodiverse green space. We demonstrate that up to half of street parking in our case study municipality (The City of Melbourne) could be accommodated in garages within 200 m, freeing up large areas for greening. Our modelling projects significant benefits in terms of tree canopy over, stormwater and ecological connectivity. These would represent strong progress towards a number of the city’s ambitious NBS targets. As many cities allocate extensive areas to both street parking and off-street garages, this approach to freeing up space for nature in cities is widely applicable.
*not my building, btw. Merely the inspiration!
Welp, it appears I’ve thrust myself into the world of small urban infill redevelopment. Please send help (and advice)!
After 22 years and 508 case studies, this new report shows that, contrary to popular belief, two-way bicycling on one-way streets is safe and suggests that “one-way streets should be evaluated to allow contraflow cycling” and “legislation mandating two-way cycling would improve cycling networks and routes.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000145752200330X?ref=cra_js_challenge&fr=RR-1
One of the best arguments for better urbanism and better city building is that #gentledensity takes development pressure off adjacent natural areas.
The respite of REAL nature is critical to our mental and physical well-being. And, as a bonus, when you bring back a little more venison than you had originally planned, you won’t have to survive on the fringes of neglected-in-winter stroads every time you venture out.
#BetterByBike #OneLessCar #IBikeIVote #BikeZoo #ModeShiftKzoo
A critical insight to growing an economy without increasing congestion is that we need to focus on moving more people through a place, rather than more cars.
Not exactly profound, but it’s worth repeating. Cars are geometrically opposed to this.