Queen Vic, Hastings, UK.
A common sight in the alternative culture town of Hastings, on the south coast of England. The statue graces a main residential square and is regularly dressed up for an upcoming festival or parade, or just a sunny day. She looks like she secretly quite enjoys it chilling out at the beach.
Westfield is apparently looking to build up to 1500 apartments on top of Warringah Mall (near Manly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWBiF7YJvYA #auspol #nswpol #urbanism
Westfield also wants to put apartments above its shopping centres at Parramatta, Hornsby, and Eastgardens.
Personally, I think as long as there's proper noise proofing, apartments above shopping centres makes a lot of sense.
For residents, it's convenient to just go downstairs to pick something up from Woolies, Kmart, or the food court.
For the broader community, it saves a lot of car trips and reduces traffic, because the folks who live above shopping centres probably aren't driving there.
And at least in Sydney, many shopping centres are in central locations close to public transport.
Westfield Parramatta in particular is in an ideal spot for more apartments. And Hornsby's CBD is rapidly densifying too.
The only issue with Warringah Mall, other than the lack of trains, is the infamous NIMBYism of the locals.
But in general, I think it's a fantastic idea.
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A suburb of Phoenix is not where one might expect to see a residential development based on emancipation from the dominion of the car.
Reducing car dependency in Arizona matters beyond the borders of the state. All too often those working for more human and environmentally sound planning and transit policies in the USA are met with a simplistic and thought stopping cry of "It might work in Europe, but our geography makes it impossible!"
A Madagascar cable car spotted in the wild today. (Squint and you'll see it.) Still not operational. Still not what 95% of Malagasy need – water, electricity, sidewalks, bike lanes. But...
I then moved on to the daily (as far as I found) bus to Sofia. We first had to cross a very congested bridge from New Belgrade to the old Belgrade. Thankfully the bus could skip the queue somehow. But clearly that's a great example of poor planning and of the inefficiency of car dependency.
If you're gonna build a new city across the river, make sure to build a mass transit system like a metro. Otherwise you'll have to build a lot of bridges... #urbanism #infrastructure #Serbia
1001 miles (1611km) on the ebike! And most of that is to work or groceries, completely replacing car trips. Here's to another 1k.
Check out this comment showing how US parking minimums have caused whole streets to be knocked down to make space for car parks.
Parking minimums in a nutshell:
https://lemmy.world/comment/7926159
I'm so glad we don't have that crap over here.
(images from linked comment)
Urban settlements in the #Amazon region? They existed long before Columbus. But knowledge about them was more or less lost for a long time. In her keynote lecture on Tuesday, Bolivian archaeologist Carla Jaimes Betancourt from the #UniBonn explained why #Lidar technology is now bringing back this knowledge and what new discoveries have already been made.
In an interview, she also told us why she became an archaeologist 
#KielScales25 #Urbanism #Bolivia #Archaeology #LlanosdeMoxos #landscapeengineering #landscapearchaeology #keynote
Check out this comment showing how US parking minimums have caused whole streets to be knocked down to make space for car parks.
Parking minimums in a nutshell:
https://lemmy.world/comment/7926159
I'm so glad we don't have that crap over here.
Ooh, the book "When driving isn't an option" is great. Author has an upcoming event in Ottawa, if you're up there. #cycling #bicycling #urbanism #biketooter
People must understand that the crisis that human civilization faces is not a crisis of impeding scarcity, but of inequitable distribution of resources.
We need to understand that economic growth is still required for many people to enjoy a sustainable, comfortable life, while economic #degrowth is overdue for many people who are enjoying an unsustainably privileged lifestyle.
We need to #FlattenTheCurve.
It's not easy making a comedy podcast about traffic deaths, but it's important work that must be done.
Listen to "Waiter, is that bussy juicy?" today!
We don't make a comedy podcast about traffic deaths because it is EASY. We do it because it's HARD
Listen to Episode 14, "Waiter, Is that Bussy Juicy?" today!
How oyster beds can rebuild New York harbor | WILD HOPE
Driving cars in London is a totally pointless activity and I hate it, says Top Gear presenter James May | The Standard
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/driving-london-cars-james-may-london-cycling-campaign-top-gear-b1218513.html
Some of the statements on internal layout give me slight pause. Developers are incentivised to create small dwellings, that often work poorly. I would not want a situation where that cannot be reined in. On the other hand, excessive restrictions can stifle development drive up costs, for little benefit. Hopefully, a balance is struck.
