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New Urbanism vs. Suburbanism
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, tagged cars, public spaces, urbanism on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
retrofitting suburbia in 3 steps
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged cars, cohousing, community, coworking, housing, reflections, trends on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
(photo: flickr) This month, everybody talks about suburbs (and about the prominent feature of suburbs, cars): some posts on RSR website (here, here and here), the last edition of the forum Ecoparc: So, it’s the right moment to talk about this subject, and to propose a strategy to align autorities and developers’ interests. 1 – [...]
Shared Space
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged cars, pedestrians, public spaces, reflections, tips on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two kind of space exist: The highway, regulated by signs, and the public realm, regulated by social rules. But lots of public realms are designed as highways. source: shared space
protection against the motorway noise: Croisset Student House
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, tagged cars, France, housing, paris, tips on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Croisset Student House is a good example of how to protect a building from the noise of a motorway and give at the same time a public image to the building. The complex is made of 3 residential blocks, oriented perpendicularly to the motorway, and a continuous screen which runs between the blocks and [...]
A short history of America
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, D - reflections, tagged cars, reflections, streets, trains, tram on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some posts ago, we saw the first steps that gave birth to a road. Here is the rest of the story (by R. Crumb) (source: carfree)
Retrofitting urban sprawl: Learning from Monte Sacro
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged cars, downtown, italy, reflections, rome, suburbia, tips on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As gas prices rise, lots of people are wondering what will be the future of suburbia. Will it be able to recycle itself into more dense and pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, or will it decay and turn into XXI century slums? A visit of Monte Sacro (Rome, italy) can be useful. In the 20′s Monte Sacro was [...]
car sales drop 20%
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, A - News, B - Trends, tagged cars, news, trends on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
May it be the rise of gas prices and of raw materials, may it be the shift of trends from goods possession to good use, car sales are dropping dramatically. Reports talk about a 20% drop in the last year. On realated articles, business analysts look for new solutions to face the crisis: more ecological [...]
Sheer transit pleasure
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged buses, cars, events, fun, reflections, tips, trains on June 26, 2008 | Comments Off
(video: BMW commercial – note the “sheer driving pleasure” logo at the end) (photo:”Is it not time for a change?” by green idea factory) Public transport has always been seen as the poor alternative to cars. While cars are always pictured as a way to get pleasure and new sensations, public transports are always seen [...]
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