Co-creator @TempleRun. Urbanism, politics, poetry, games. Raleigh, via DC/Boston/Miami/Moscow. Dream: Get around Raleigh without a car, no more leaf blowers
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Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
What’s stopping your town from installing traffic calming measures like this on downtown and neighborhood streets?
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In 1910, Los Angeles had one of the most extensive mass transit systems in the US. Over a thousand miles of electric railway connected Los Angeles commuters to the surrounding suburbs. But by 1940, nearly all transit in Los Angeles was via car.
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A recent study from NC’s Outer Banks showed that the one-time investment of $6.7 million for a network of bike lanes has yielded an annual nine-to-one return thanks to increased bicycle tourism.👇 momentummag.com/how-bicycles…
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
My latest from the Globe… Time to do away with gas-run leaf blowers theglobeandmail.com/canada/t…
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
More than 7,500 pedestrians were killed by a vehicle in 2022, the highest number in 40 years. But experts say, more than the design of vehicles, the design of the roads themselves is to blame for the alarming rise in pedestrian fatalities. cbsn.ws/3PQnsAw
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
Paris is slashing car lanes from 8 to 4 on one of its most congested, polluted thoroughfares. They're turning what was a nasty arterial into a place people will actually want to be.
Paris’ push to replace car lanes with sidewalks, bike paths and greenery steps up a gear with plans to remodel one of the city’s busiest, most polluted thoroughfares trib.al/g4VkAK5
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
I'll say it again: Fare-free transit won't shrink the number of cars in your city, and it won't reduce emissions.
If you want to encourage more people to ride, focus on making service faster, more abundant, and more reliable.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
Remember, the next time an objector points out an “empty bike-lane,” it’s because they’re efficient. “This stretch in #Copenhagen conveys 8 times as many people on bikes compared to cars - still it's mostly cars we see.” — @urbanthoughts11 HT @anderspreben
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
The top image is from a 1919 map of downtown Atlanta and the bottom is a photo of the same area from 2014.
Only one 3-building cluster of this entire multi-block area remains today. Most of the productive architecture has been replaced by wealth-sucking parking lots.
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest point in four decades, advocates and urban residents across the nation are urging lawmakers to break from car culture. apnews.com/article/walkable-…
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
Absolutely immense road space reallocation in Barcelona on Avinguda Meridiana.
From 12 lanes for private vehicles down to 2 lanes for private vehicles, with bus lanes, cycle lanes and widened pavements. As well as significant greening.
ALT Two photos. One showing 12 lanes of traffic and the second showing reallocation of space to buses, cyclists and pedestrians with significant greening too
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
Construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, required the forcible displacement of tens of thousands of people across the two boroughs. Planned by Robert Moses, the highway cut a nearly 15-mile gash through some of the most densely populated neighborhoods on the planet.
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
The only true long term solution to traffic congestion is getting cars off the road.
Provide viable alternatives like public transit, safe bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. Encourage more housing production in walkable neighborhoods.
Anything else is snake oil.
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
Suburbia has enough ROW to make luxurious bicycle highways with big ol buffers from car traffic.
Start w/ 10' lanes, no more than 2 in each direction.
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
There is more housing for each car than each person in this country. npr.org/2023/05/09/117503578…
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
In Houston, Texas, plans call for widening 24-miles of I-45 at an estimated cost of $9 billion. 🚗
In France, plans call for building 32,000 miles of bike lanes across the country at an estimated cost of $2.2 billion. 🚲
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
BREAKING: Harlan Crow and his family's average yearly political contributions went up 862% after Citizens United was decided in 2010.
Who provided a deciding vote for that case?
Justice Clarence Thomas, a "family friend" they showered with luxury travel and gifts for 20+ years.
ALT Graph shows Crow Family political contributions by election cycle shooting up after 2010 Citizens United decision
Natalia Luckyanova retweeted
"Using a commercial gas leaf blower for an hour produces emissions equal to driving from Denver to Los Angeles" -- while annoying the hell out of neighbors.
To quote @dccdudley, leaf blowers are the devil's hair dryer. Ban them as fast as you can.
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