Highlights from an Instalive with @colombourbanlab's @iromip & @nayanaSL from @JohnKeellsGroup. They discussed public housing policies in #lka, gap in middle income housing, integrating public transport plans etc. Full video - https://t.co/CaY76xtkln
https://t.co/sIRYTzYFGY
Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's via @fietsprofessor. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
@HRPasindu@advocatalk Fully agree density is critical to ensure transit viability. But transit is critical to enable housing density. You can't do one without the other. We have a chicken and egg problem, really. Have to plan and roll out both in tandem, systematically.
Housing Policy and Transport Policy need to be addressed together - Nayana Mawilmada
🔗Our Advochats session on 'Urban Housing' can be found on the Advocata Institute YouTube channel.
https://t.co/m9ddx01NJJ
#economiccrisis#advocatalk#Economy#urbanhousing#economy#Srilanka
The sustainable transport teams at @gizgmbh following a guiding principle for transforming cities, streets and places: Avoid – Shift – Improve. #justtransition
The poster is available in 39 languages – take a look! 👉 https://t.co/C3SoAyiX1v
@giztransport
Cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam haven’t always been “pedestrian meccas,” says @JSadikKhan. It took years of work. Other cities can learn from them.
Our conversation from today’s GPS:
💬 'In housing and urban development, the middle is completely missing' - @nayanaSL@JohnKeellsGroup
For the full #ReformNow session on Unlocking Urban Potential
🔗https://t.co/KMVSaE1m1G
Bogota was a very famous example.used by bus only transport expert's lobby group in SL. Back in 2010s, it was hailed as a success story to show BRT alone would work, to solve urban congestion. 10 yrs on, see how it has failed and transport agencies still looking for answers ..1/2