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There are about 30 other U.S. cities that need to do what Seattle did.
Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
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Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU
@CompletedStreet
City Planner. Complete Streets Designer. Multimodal commuter.
My book, Human Speed, now available on Amazon. a.co/d/1ZvzQEt
- In America that building would have been torn down in 1978 for a parking lot.This house in Istanbul has levels from 4 separate historical periods, spanning over 1800 years.
- Don't drive in bike lanes.Replying to @CompletedStreetHere’s what the zycle zebra bike lane did to a guy in my office park. Blue collar guy’s daily transportation destroyed. In fourteen years there I’ve never seen a person on a bicycle.
- It deserves another meme because it's so true
- Vegas isn't dying because of the economy. It's dying because it's an unwalkable hell that's designed to trap you in casinos. And since gambling has become normalized and available everywhere, Vegas' unique selling point isn't unique anymore.
- This little meme could save billions of dollars and thousands of lives if it got into the hands of the right people.
- Multimodal streets aren't "communism". They're good math.
- In the U.S. we talk about creating "3rd Places" where people can hang out outside of work or home. Unfortunately, most of these places are private and involve buying over priced food. Barcelona's entire urban fabric is made up of 3rd Places, however. The private ones have
