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🔎😱 But what if your temporary street experiment fails?!?! As Ana R. of Street Experiments Tool - SET explains, “If it doesn’t work, maybe you can repeat it in a different way or in another part of the city” to help you identify the right direction for your #UrbanPlanning initiatives 🛣️ 📺 More in our latest #ShortVideo👇 #StreetExperiments #UrbanPlanning #PublicSpaces EIT Urban Mobility Jana Cotillas Zabalza Malaurie Chokoualé Datou Sheena King

The 15-Minute City model was creates with an overarching aim to improve the quality of life of people living in dense metropolitan areas. It imagines decentralised cities in which citizens can access both their home and workplace in either a short walk or cycle. Food, health, education and cultural facilities would also be accessible without a car within a quarter of an hour. Reducing dependency on vehicles in this way could help cut fossil fuel usage, carbon emissions and air pollution and, in turn, improve the health of both people and the planet. ✍️ Carlos Moreno, French-Colombian scientist, developed the urban planning model to help tackle car hegemony and create more sustainable human-centric urban environments. Drawing by Micael.

Anya Sirota recently spoke with Detroitisit and about the Detroit Cultural Center Planning Initiative - "It has the potential to shift Detroit’s narrative on a global scale. Instead of being seen as a city defined by its struggles, Detroit can offer a counter-vision: a city that is thriving, leading, and imagining an equitable and sustainable future." The Detroit Cultural Center Planning Initiative (CCPI) is an ambitious urban planning and design project aimed at reimagining and revitalizing Detroit’s 83-acre Cultural Center. It recently won the prestigious Inaugural 2024 Bay Urban Visioning Award for Partners in Progress. This international recognition celebrates the CCPI’s innovative approach to weaving #sustainability, #equity, and #culture into the fabric of Detroit’s cityscape. "The vision is to weave together 83 acres of public space and 12 cultural institutions into a cohesive, inclusive ecosystem. The goal is to dismantle barriers – whether they’re physical, cultural, or economic—and create a truly shared space." – says Sirota. Read the full interview: https://myumi.ch/qVeVM

The Power of Observation ++ [improving communities] William H. Whyte, an influential American urbanist and sociologist, emphasized the significance of observation in urban design, advocating for a bottom-up approach to creating public spaces that genuinely reflect the needs and behaviors of the community. Central to his philosophy is the idea that effective public spaces should function as gathering points, fostering social interactions and connections among diverse groups of people. Whyte introduced the concept of "triangulation," which refers to the strategic placement of elements—such as food vendors, seating, or art—that draw individuals together for various reasons, enhancing the vibrancy and usability of urban environments. By prioritizing the dynamics of human behavior and the organic use of space, Whyte’s principles offer a framework for city improvement.

The arrogance of space: are we designing our cities for cars or people? We need to rethink sustainable mobility, pedestrian, and justice. The unbalanced distribution of space between cars and people in European cities is striking. This raises questions about the efficient use of our limited urban space and the prioritization of private property over public access. Watch the video by Mikael Colville-Andersen where he explains the concept showing good and bad examples. https://lnkd.in/da67NFww #ArroganceofSpace #Sneckdown #UrbanPlanning #SustainableMobility #Equity #CityDesign #PublicAccess #Walkability #SustainableCities #Sustainableliving

The 15-Minute City model was created with an overarching aim to improve the quality of life of people living in dense metropolitan areas. It imagines decentralised cities in which citizens can access both their home and workplace in either a short walk or cycle. Food, health, education and cultural facilities would also be accessible without a car within a quarter of an hour. Reducing dependency on vehicles in this way could help cut fossil fuel usage, carbon emissions and air pollution and, in turn, improve the health of both people and the planet. ✍️ Carlos Moreno, French-Colombian scientist, developed the urban planning model to help tackle car hegemony and create more sustainable human-centric urban environments. Drawing by Micael.

5 Visions Of The Future Cities

5 Visions Of The Future Cities

Paranoid urbanism: a way of understanding debates, protests, tensions around new urban development themes in the post-pandemic city? In this article, Catalina Duarte, Simon Joss and I look at 15-minute cities, and their reception and depiction, as examples of a post-political urban condition characterised by mistrust, fear, and paranoia. We situate this within the shift (arguably triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic) in thinking and policymaking around automobilty and around questions about negotiations over the contested nature of public space in the city. A conversation that started around the 2023 Exeter Urban symposium and is now in print. Link to paper: https://lnkd.in/e4DBb5P7 #mobility #SDG11 #innovation #future #urbanplanning #socialmedia #sustainabledevelopment #urbanplanning #smartcities