Parking in most developments is *money-losing* - ask anyone in real estate. The cost of parking structures, or even the land of parking lots, is mostly paid by commercial rents - meaning drivers are subsidized by those without cars.
This is not a sustainable situation.
Odds of a child getting kidnapped are ~1 in a million.
Odds of a child born in 2021 dying in a traffic crash are ~1 in 93.
Parents act like these stats are reversed. Paranoid about rare kidnappings and naive about the common driving.
(Natl Safety Council tracks this stuff)
This might work IF we stop reclaiming Manila Bay, deforesting the Upper Marikina Watershed, and believing PAREX will make a dent in our traffic problems.
Vehicle Traffic will be banned from London’s Oxford Street under @MayorofLondon plan, turning it into a people-place to boost business — “Mayor to be given power to overrule Westminster council, which blocked previous plan amid concerns over rerouting buses.” Via @guardian
https://t.co/iSeCUMa0hr
Masiyadong convenient na sisihin ang basura at ang taumbayan sa malawakang pagbaha.
Pero bakit hindi natin pagtuunan ng pansin ang masiyadong mabilis na urbanisasyon na kumakain sa ating mga puno, halaman, at lupa? Hanggang kailan natin isasakripisyo ang ating kapaligiran?
“Local stores next to the protected bike lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath Via @FastCompany. https://t.co/D7oUnOdMhm
In San Antonio, home of the Spurs, there is a law that every time a road without a bike lane is repaved, it has to have a bike lane by the end of it.
Here, it seems that LGUs are using road repairs as an excuse to remove bike lanes indefinitely.