"We design bus systems that are really inconvenient, and that only people without great alternatives will use, and that colors how decision-makers think about who bus riders are. And that’s really important to disrupt."
More on how to save the bus:
https://t.co/rvHhLZVkYG
One tourist office in Vienna is equipped with a "random experience generator," which directs visitors to less-heralded attractions. https://t.co/mD9Us1KYnK
New Nature paper out today
https://t.co/oAF7nep6ur
states very clearly what is needed if governments are serious about limiting global heating to 1.5C, as agreed at Paris.
Spoiler: No new fossil fuelled infrastructure, anywhere, ever. From now on.
Read thread for details...
USL forum is back!! (No)Wander (No)Vendors reviewed an exhibition in Bangkok by SS:AR and it is fascinating to see how our street food policy could affect the city's landscape. #streetfoodofBangkok
https://t.co/t0uGc3Ogux
Madagascar's Indri Lemur looks surprised, as if he's found out he's on the critically endangered species list. Hunting, poaching and loss of habitat to human settlement are doing him in.
Gentrification or poverty concentration? A new report maps expansion and decline in the 50 largest U.S. metros, revealing the true scale of neighborhood change. https://t.co/rTsicmnIr8
Gentrification is geographically limited in cities, but a new study shows where it has become a crisis, particularly for low-income black households, @brentinmock writes. https://t.co/KSRB48VNM7
#EarthHour is this Saturday, 30 March, 20:30-21:30.
This year, go beyond switching off your lights & #Connect2Earth!
If all of our #cities mainstream #nature into their urban planning, connecting to nature could be part of our everyday lives! Is your city a #CityWithNature?