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Thanks to Place North West for covering our campaign for greater ambition to be shown through proposals for the A6 through Stockport Council in line with national and regional guidance. 👇 If you agree, we also have a petition linked in the comments. 👀 In their words: RIDING THE GAUNTLET… Unhappy with Stockport Council’s plan for a revamped A6 between the town centre and Manchester, Walk Ride GM has drafted its own vision. Unlike the council’s proposals – which would send cyclists travelling to and from Manchester on an alternative parallel route – the lobby group’s version includes segregated cycle lanes along the A6 itself. “[Stockport’s] plan is to send cyclists down side roads and back alleys, doubling cycle journey time compared to the A6,” according to Walk Ride GM. The idea of protected cycle lanes is probably a good one on this particular stretch, which is more like a gauntlet than a road for those on two wheels. Walk Ride GM carried out an experiment on the two alternative routes that you can watch in the video above. https://lnkd.in/eWMeBWfG

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📑 Investment Market Insider | Michigan Central Station Reopening 🏢 In a monumental restoration effort spanning nearly 6 years, Ford Motor Company is set to unveil the rebirth of Detroit's iconic Michigan Central Station on June 6th, 2024. Once a symbol of the city's rise and fall, the Beaux-Arts masterpiece is set to regain its former glory as the anchor of Ford's autonomous and electric vehicle campus, and poised to attract many other businesses to move into the 30-acre area. 🚗 The station's rebirth as a hub for cutting-edge automotive technology and innovation collaboration is likely to attract further investments, enhancing the appeal of local commercial properties and further catalyzing a wave of fresh developments. Learn more from this article by Crain's Detroit Business: https://lnkd.in/gTx6V-9b #IntegrisVentures #RealEstateOperator #MichiganCentralStation #HistoricRestoration #DetroitRevival

Renovate the Kea Farm market On the enlarged image (Kear Farm 03), A multi-storey parking is shown, which is being built beyond the slope of the existing flat land. Each level of the floor can accommodate 38 cars. We can have 228 parking lots if a 6-storey parking complex is being built. We may install auto-pay parking system, which is widely being used at shopping complexes. Some modifications on the existing buildings shall be made. By constructing a multi-storey parking complex, we can spare the existing roadside open parking lots for a 2-way 4-lane road. This increases the throughput of the traffic. There is one bus-stop, which is currently not available. We shall encourage visitors to arrive by bus as this significantly reduces the number of personal cars there. Unfortunately there is no more spare land for parking buses; buses shall be driven away and park at other places nearby. Restrict people from parking their vehicles arbitrarily at the roadsides. The pedestrian tunnel can be blended with art and flavor of local cultures. Make it an attractive tunnel. We may install concrete blocks to curb people from crossing the main road, thus no interruption to the passing vehicles.

I’ve been thinking a lot of about garages. 2-car garages 1-car garages 2-car tandem garages 1. Since when did a side by side 2-car garage become standard? 2. There are plenty of 1950s homes where it’s not even possible to park in the garage (basically the size of a storage shed). 3. How could we improve livability and design by limiting what garage options we offer? I drove by this project this weekend and couldn’t help but notice all of the garages were 1 car or 2-car tandem (which I had to look up online). What do you think about garages?

🏗️MONUMENT TO MANAGED DECLINE: GM DEMO👷 🤔 GM CEO MARY BARRA "failed to deny that Renaissance Center demolition is being considered. GM exit from RenCen...discussed early summer 2022, conversion to residential, offices, or a blend of the two...." 🧶UNRAVELED AUTOMAKER and Dan Gilbert's Bedrock approached MichiganGov, asking for several hundred million demolition $$$ plus $$ to overhaul what's left. 🐘 WHITE ELEPHANT IN 2024 but was pretty cool in 1976. GM moves its downtown Detroit HQ to the "HUDSON'S BUILDING", a new 1.5 mn sf nest developed by Gilbert's "BEDROCK" CRE arm of ROCK Cos. 🤝HAVING PAID A MERE $73mn for RenCen in 1996, likely written down by now. Issue is that demolition will be expensive vs. the value of a Detroit waterfront parcel. 💡IDEA: GEELY / BYD could vie at auction for this pile saving MI state subsidies. Might build something nice. After all, 1976 was the year when tech transfer was accelerated from 🇺🇸--->🇨🇳. #Geely #BYD #GM #RenCen #renewal #EV #automotive #economy #CRE #China #USA2024 #Bedrock

This basement carpark features simple yet effective colour usage, creating a striking contrast between light and dark. What do you think of this colour combo? #trafficmanagement #riskmanagement #safety #linemarkings #ohs

2 original posts in 2 weeks, what's going on?! I found this little gem of bad bike parking in Port Kells. Let's get into this one. 1. The racks are known as wheel benders for a reason. These racks will remain empty if you want people with bikes they care about. 2. The location right near the drive thru is, well, useless. If a bike was on this rack the aisle would back right in front of the menu board, and angle the uses towards the through road. 3. Location again! These are so far from the entrance, which is on the other side of the building, will have nobody wanting to park here. I would expect a lot of "fly parking" at this location. 4. The rack itself has materials made of low security steel. This is clearly a budget decision and not a bike parking decision. When it comes to bike parking, that second word needs to be considered more often. Bikes are vehicles that are parked, not just stored or placed and this rack and placement ticks no boxes for a modern cyclist.

Mercedes-Benz and JDS Partner to Develop Brickell Highrise Read the full article below..

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