A bike path in the Netherlands which has solar powered “light stones” imbedded in the surface allowing nighttime use of the path.
Tag: urban design
A “sneckdown” ( combination of “snow” and “neckdown” – another name for a curb expansion) uses snow formations on the street to reveal the space cars don’t use. Advocates can then use these sneckdown photos to make the case to local transportation officials that traffic calming interventions like curb bumpouts and traffic islands can be installed without any loss to car drivers.
From What Snow Tells Us about Creating Better Public Spaces on E. Passyunk Avenue
Namba Parks in Osaka, Japan.
Complete Streets provides space for pedestrians and bicycles.
“At 24.5 acres, Millennium Park is the largest green roof in the world. It covers two parking garages, a railway, and an opera hall.”
Great photo essay at PBS on the green roofs of Chicago.
A new city initiative is taking land that’s currently dead space, or used only for parking cars, and turning it into public space that could energize neighborhood business strips. On Friday the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) officially launched its “Make Way for People” program to transform surplus asphalt into seating areas and lively plazas, unveiling a new parklet in the parking lane in front of Heritage Bicycles, 2959 N. Lincoln Avenue.
Parking space party: celebrating Chicago’s first permanent parklets
I’m in love with Superkilen
Benidorm’s West Beach promenade
via Archdaily
Bright colors in urban design- my favorite.
Lane Diets, as outlined by the National Association of City Transportation Officials, reexamine the requirements for size and layout of city lanes.
Priorities.
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