Category: Magazines

Articles Global Magazines Streets, Roads & Mobility USA

CityLab University: Induced demand

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Benjamin Schneider, City Lab, 7 September 2018

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In urbanism, “induced demand” refers to the idea that increasing roadway capacity encourages more people to drive, thus failing to improve congestion.

Since the concept was introduced in the 1960s, numerous academic studies have demonstrated the existence of ID.

But some economists argue that the effects of ID are overstated, or outweighed by the benefits of greater automobility.

Few federal, state, and local departments of transportation are thought to adequately account for ID in their long-term planning.

For more from City Lab University click here.

Articles Biking Magazines Streets, Roads & Mobility Transport Experts USA

Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces

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Vox, 5 September 2018

Data shows that the 9th Avenue bike lane produced economic, mobility and safety benefits. “We saw crashes go down, some 47%, retail sales went up almost 49%, cars dad dedicated turn lanes so the traffic processed much better, and bikes had a dedicated lane. So it was a win for business, it was a win for drivers, it was a win for people on foot and it was a win for people on two wheels, and that really set the stage for all that followed.”

 

 

Articles City Solutions Infrastructure Magazines Short Films Singapore / Malaysia Sustainable Cities USA

LA is doing water better than your city. Yes, that LA.

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Matt Simon, Wired, 12 June 2018

But Los Angeles is in the midst of an aqueous awakening, setting an ambitious goal to cut its reliance on imported water in half by 2025 by following an increasingly urgent rule of good water policy: diversification. In a nutshell, that means getting your water from a range of sources—rain capture, aquifers, wells, desalination, even right out of the air. A study from UCLA earlier this year even said the city could feasibly reach 100 percent locally sourced water. To do it, the city is diving into a series of high- and low-tech campaigns that could transform Los Angeles into a model city for water management.

To find out about Singapore’s ‘Four Taps’ and leading water supply policy click here.

Articles Magazines Parking Tools USA

See just how much of a city’s land is used for parking spaces

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Adele Peters, Fast Company, 20 July 2017

At the moment, cars spend around 95% of the time parked, and only 5% of the time in use. Huge swaths of cities, either in parking lots, garages, or street parking spaces, are used as storage for cars (while, at the same time, many cities struggle to find enough land to build housing to keep up with demand). “There’s this huge space that’s basically wasted,” says Szell.

Architecture & Engineering Magazines Short Films

The beauty of stairs

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Helena Kardová & Tsveta Lozanova, Monocle, 16 June 2017

Staircase design is an outward display of creativity. These statements of architecture keep our bodies and minds active, running up a flight of stairs gets your heart pumping and the magnificent views at the end of an ascent can spark innovative ideas.

Japan Living in the City Magazines Short Films UK USA

How to Live in the City

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Hugo Macdonald, Monocle, 2016

Choosing to live in a city is chooosing to enter into a relationship with it. And like any human relationship, the relationship you have with your city is one that requites nurturing, constant practice and work.

For Hugo Macdonald’s School of Life book of the same name click here.