Mastodawn

Living Cities Dec 19, 2023

David Zipper Dec 18, 2023

My new article is a deep dive in Slate offering everything you wanted to know about car bloat, from its history to its business rationale to policy fixes.

Make no mistake: The increasing size of SUVs and trucks deepens myriad societal problems from road safety to inequality to climate change. And the problem is only getting worse.

https://slate.com/business/2023/12/cars-trucks-suv-sales-electric-safety-risk.html

#cars #safety #climatecrisis

We’ve Hit a Grim Milestone We Haven’t Seen Since 1981. Why Can’t We Do Anything About It?

An irresistible trend took hold 50 years ago, and we’re all paying the price.

Slate

Living Cities Oct 23, 2023

Brent Toderian Oct 22, 2023

“But carrots alone are not sufficient to overcome the entrenched infrastructure & incentives which today favor car use. So to really get people using other forms of transport to reduce emission for climate change, to protect public health to make cities and streets safer and more livable—we have to massively reduce car use along with increasing sustainable mobility.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/08/17/sticks-not-carrots-needed-to-get-drivers-out-of-cars-say-climate-scientists/

Sticks Not Carrots Needed To Get Drivers Out Of Cars, Say Climate Scientists

Climate scientists ranked 20 measures which have been proven to reduce motor vehicle trips.

Forbes

Living Cities Sep 25, 2023

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD Sep 24, 2023

Housing is deeply unaffordable and this art piece clearly communicates that, but what the story never mentions is that this could also be a commentary on parking and land use - not only is #housing too expensive and scarce, but #parking is too cheap and too plentiful.
#TOpoli

Living Cities Sep 21, 2023

Hi dear everyone who sees this. I would like to revamp this account. I was wondering what would be the topics, type of content you'd be interested in about urban planning? Please share! So I can give the toots more focus.

Living Cities Sep 20, 2023

🚲Sep 18, 2023

Is there any good retrospective of the urbanism and bike crazes of the 1970s, what could have been, what ultimately killed them off, and what lessons we can learn? I keep coming across stuff from that period and it's like, we had ALL THE ANSWERS 50 years ago, and social momentum behind them, and then the 80s happened and we forgot about it all.

Living Cities Aug 18, 2023

Ars Technica Aug 17, 2023

Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada

AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as if it were a famous restaurant.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/microsoft-ai-suggests-food-bank-as-a-cannot-miss-tourist-spot-in-canada/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada [Updated]

AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as a must-see destination.

Ars Technica

Living Cities Aug 3, 2023

katzenberger Aug 2, 2023

(Update: 1/2) Did you know that #OpenStreetMap data also includes #surveillance #cameras?

While you can search for the respective tags on their website, and have the cameras displayed on a map, there is also a #world map at https://osmcamera.dihe.de/ that is easier to use.

E.g., #Nuremberg #central #station features a whopping 107 surveillance cameras. Have a look at your city!

OSM-Camera - The CCTV map (based on OpenStreetMap data)

Living Cities Aug 3, 2023

How is outdoor air conditioning not banned??? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/14/climate-crisis-metropolis-meltdown-urgent-steps-cool-sweltering-cities

Metropolis meltdown: the urgent steps we need to take to cool our sweltering cities

All over the world, temperatures in urban areas are rocketing. What can we do? Axe air-con, whitewash roofs, unleash buried rivers – and try to be a bit more like Norwich

The Guardian

Living Cities Jul 22, 2023