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We have ruined our cities for parking lots.
Mapping parking in Little Rock, Arkansas 🇺🇸👇👇
The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the right math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath, hat tip to @modacitylife for their excellent books!
New report from us
at Urban Institute. We review data on effects of life near highways & examine exposure in Louisville.
We show:
—Highways pose a public health threat throughout US
—Low-income residents disproportionately live near highways in Louisville
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/polluted-life-near-highway
In this review of national scholarship, we document the considerable evidence showing that people living, working, and learning within 300 meters of arterials and interstates are exposed to greater levels of hazardous air and noise pollution than the population overall.