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#urbanplanning

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Cindy

@kim_harding

"An understudied movement among United States cities has demonstrated a strategy for greening freeways that remain in service: freeway cap parks, or decks with parks built in the air space directly above below-grade freeway sections that can help reintegrate communities, conceal traffic, reduce air pollution, and provide green space."

#urban#urbanplanning#AirPollution
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Mark Stosberg

For their new Safe Streets Plan to reach #VisionZero, @alexkgellis in Providence, RI used my "Walk Potential" metric to better understand pedestrian demand in their city so infrastructure investment can be prioritized where it's most effective.

I'm considering rewriting the Walk Potential software as a #QGIS plugin. Let me know if that would make it more accessible for you to try!

mark.stosberg.com/new-software

A map of Pedestrian demand. Text reads: In some parts of the city, daily destinations are easier to reach by foot merely due to their proximity. Replicating a methodology for computing a walk index based on local destinations, this map identifies places where, if sufficient infrastructure exists, people are more likely to be able to walk to where they need to go. An analysis such as this could be the basis for differentiating design standards for crosswalks and other pedestrian accommodations, such as Portland’s designation of Pedestrian Districts.
#mapping#urbanplanning
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Edenz India

Cities with lower economic density need stronger employment policies to drive growth.
Investing in infrastructure & innovation can bridge gaps between high- and low-density regions.
Targeted policy interventions can reduce urban inequalities. Sustainable urban planning based on economic density can foster balanced regional development.
#SDGs #UrbanEconomy #EconomicDensity #Sustainability #PolicyInnovation#GlobalDevelopment
#SDGPolicy#GlobalGovernance#SustainableDevelopment #UrbanPlanning

#SDGs #UrbanEconomy #EconomicDensity #Sustainability #PolicyInnovation#GlobalDevelopment #SDGPolicy#GlobalGovernance#SustainableDevelopment #UrbanPlanni
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@ckent @nickzoic @jessta That 3–5 storey range is a good happy medium. Especially if there's shops or cafés on the ground floor.

Having looked at apartments lately, it's amazing the difference that bigger room sizes, a wider living room, and a larger balcony can make.

I think there's also an underserved need for more 3 to 4 bedroom apartments.

And in terms of housing affordability, 4 bedrooms might make housing more affordable for people.

How?

Because many people — especially younger people — share an apartment.

So even if the apartment costs $1000 per week, if it's shared between four housemates, that works out to just $250 each per week.

#housing#urbanism#houses
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Now at @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au

@tom_andraszek I think we've got a not dissimilar reference point.

For me, its Laisves alėja in Kaunas (in Lithuania).

There's two rows of trees down the middle.

There's park benches under many of those trees.

The generally accepted rule is that you cycle (or skateboard) in that area.

There's a wide pedestrian space either side.

The buildings on either side are around four storeys tall.

You have shops and cafés on the ground floor, with all fresco dining.

You have small offices (doctors, dentists) and apartments on the floors above.

The pedestrianised street runs the entire length of the Kaunas CBD.

It begins in the old town, near Kaunas Castle and the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris Rivers.

It runs around 1.6 kilometres east.

There are trolleybuses running parallel along the streets one block north and one block south.

It would be worthwhile for Australian urban planners to head out to Kaunas just to see this one street.

I guarantee they'd learn a lot about what a pedestrianised space should be.

There's two rows of trees, with the centre corridor typically used by cyclists.
There's a wide pedestrian footpath either side if the trees.
There's a wide pedestrian space either side of the trees in the middle. Buildings are typically around 3 to 4 storeys tall.
Cafés and small shops with outdoor dining line the sides of the street.
#walking#pedestrian#city
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Now at @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au

Parramatta is set to get a revitalised arts complex, with the plan now open for public consultation.

From ArchitectureAU:

"The $188 million proposal for the redevelopment of Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres is currently on exhibition on the NSW government’s state significant applications portal, with the public invited to have their say on the designs.

"The revitalised building will feature a collection of performance spaces, including a new 1,500-seat Broadway-style Lyric Theatre replacing the building’s existing Lennox and Raffertys Theatres, a refurbished 760-seat Playhouse Theatre, a 341-seat Black Box Drama Theatre and a 116-seat Studio Cinema. A new bar and cafe is also situated on the river side of the proposed building."

architectureau.com/articles/de

The current building opened in 1988, and it's certainly showing its age.

Current venues in the complex include the 761-seat Riverside Theatre, the 213-seat Lennox Theatre, and the 88-seat Rafferty's Theatre.

So definitely a well-needed upgrade.

You can have your say on the project on the NSW Planning Portal here: planningportal.nsw.gov.au/majo

ArchitectureAuDesign for Parramatta Riverside Theatres on exhibitionThe refurbished theatre is envisioned as the centrepiece of Parramatta’s cultural precinct, intended to honour the city’s “rich cultural heritage” and create “a harmonious blend of past and present.”
#art#arts#parramatta
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Ben Fulton

Cincinnati Ditches the Status Quo with its Zoning Reform

"The plan modernizes zoning rules, particularly near major transit corridors and neighborhood business districts, allowing up to four housing units within a half-mile of seven key transit routes and a quarter-mile of 39 business districts. It also eliminates parking requirements along these corridors and reduces them in business districts"

strongtowns.org/journal/2025/3

Strong TownsCincinnati Ditches the Status Quo with its Zoning Reform"If we stick with the status quo, Cincinnati will be the next city that is completely unattainable to live in for working-class Americans."
#Cincinnati#UrbanPlanning
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Jonatan Hildén

A rewarding and interesting project: illustrations for Otso Kivekäs' book ”Kuinka rakennetaan vihreä kaupunki” – How to build a green city

The map is how much urban space the motorway intersection of Ring I and Lahdenväylä would take, if it were relocated in Sörnäinen, Helsinki.

The Sörnäinen area has a roughly corresponding amount of people travelling through daily.

The infographic illustration shows an idealized street cross-section.

#urbanplanning #infographics

otsokivekas.fi/vihrea-kaupunki

Big orange shape, roughly 1 km in both directions of the traffic area of the motorway intersection, plonked atop the densely built urban area of Sörnäinen, Helsinki. It would displace around 12,100 people and 1,300 workplaces. The traffic noise would in practice affect an even larger area.
Light and airy black and white line drawing of an generalized street intersection where the street includes one-way bike paths, driveway, wide sidewalks with trees and terrace, and a two-way separated tramway. Underneath a diagram showing the approximate theoretical ranges of numbers of people moving on these types of roads per hour. Sidewalk 10,000–20,000 Separated tramway: 2,000–10,000 Bike path: 2,000–4,000 Road(cars): 1,000–2,000
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