Investment in bicycle infrastructure is a modern and intelligent move. Many cities get this. Many don’t.
Tags: urban, place, transportation, planning, urbanism, architecture.
Source: www.wired.com
Think your city doesn’t like you? You’re right.
Source: www.atlasobscura.com
Geography explores more than just what countries control a certain territory and what landforms are there. Geography explores the spatial manifestations of power and how place is crafted to fit a particular vision. Homeless people are essentially always ‘out of place.’ These articles from the Society Pages, Atlas Obscura, the Atlantic and this one from the Guardian share similar things: that urban planners actively design places that will discourage loitering, skate boarding, and homelessness, which are all undesirable to local businesses. This gallery shows various defensive architectural tactics to make certain people feel ‘out of place.’ Just to show that not all urban designs are anti-homeless, this bench is one that is designed to help the homeless (and here is an ingenious plan to curb public urination).
Tags: urban, planning, architecture, landscape, place, poverty.
“The world’s biggest urban gondola system, known as Mi Teleférico, opened in La Paz, Bolivia, in May 2014. The 6-mile-long system is an engineering feat.”
Tags: transportation, South America, Bolivia, urban, planning, architecture.
Source: www.youtube.com
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