Make Cities Better

Great ideas from around the world, showing how we can make cities even better !

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

One 12-foot-wide lane for:
Heavy Rail—moves 80,000 people/hr.
Light Rail—22,000.
Bus Rapid Transit—20,000.
Pedestrians—19,000.
Bicycles—14,000.
Automobiles—2,000.
So...can someone remind me why we continue to plan & build our space-limited cities around cars?

[Make Cities Better @MakeCitysBetter]

The #MakeCitiesBetter team are in Dubai & Abu Dhabi for 10 days - checking out the urban design & innovations in 2 of the world's most fascinating cities. Any tips on what we should see/do, what's good in urban design, public realm & innovation here, & what we should tweet about?

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

1970: One more lane will fix it.
1980: One more lane will fix it.
1990: One more lane will fix it.
2000: One more lane will fix it.
2010: One more lane will fix it.
2020: ?
via @avelezig

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

Selling the car as freedom to people in cities was one of the
most impressive publicity stunts of the 20th century

via @javiermalagon

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Nature's way of showing traffic engineers how to make more equitable public spaces.

[Strategic Urban Planner فؤاد العسيري Fouad @fouadurbanist]

Via:
@NACTO

[NACTO @NACTO]

Street space in cities is limited. Here's what we can do with it.

[Ossian Smyth @smytho]

I see that this apartment scheme has started construction on the N11 between White Cross and Foxrock Church. 142 apartments will replace two detached houses. Sets a precedent with just 0.6 car parking spaces but 2 bike spaces per apartment.

[Make Cities Better @MakeCitysBetter]

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[Make Cities Better @MakeCitysBetter]

An amazing example from London of bulky materials being moved by cycle cargo. If it can be done in a busy city like London, it can be done anywhere 👍

[Pedal Me @pedalmeapp]

From Isleworth to SW1 (via the "closed" Hammersmith Bridge). No motor vehicles required.

[Make Cities Better @MakeCitysBetter]

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[Make Cities Better @MakeCitysBetter]

@dressrdelivery For now. But the direction of travel is clear. Private vehicles will increasingly be restricted in cities of all sizes as time progresses.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

We know that shifting our focus from car-infrastructure-only-all-the-time to make a little room for bike facilities can make our places more financially resilient. But could it get you a job, too? @Planetizen explores. https://t.co/W6BdbWFnCk

[Oh God, My Wife Is German. @mywifeisgerman]

Meanwhile, in Germany...

[Jeremy Vine | Here, on Tiktok, Insta & Facebook @theJeremyVine]

When people say, “car parking spaces are getting smaller,” they're really not.

21st-century car, 20th-century car.

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

“Why cycleways are more efficient than 🚗 highways”

[Janette Sadik-Khan @JSadikKhan]

Tokyo can be the city of the rising street: At the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, Mayor Ken Hasebe of Shibuya City is the first in Japan to endorse the Global Street Design Guide. Where there are people, there are new possibilities, even on old streets.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Storing your private property in public space is an even bigger insult to society than on first sight...