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Councillor removes 'beg buttons' at Old Ottawa South crosswalks
An Ottawa city councillor has gotten rid of what he calls 'beg buttons' — the buttons pedestrians have to press if they want a crossing signal — along a busy stretch of Bank Street. The signals will now automatically appear.
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Why US cities are becoming more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians
US cities were designed and engineered around cars. Now some are working to increase walking and biking, but the shift isn't easy.
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Oslo Made Its City Center Car-Free -- And It's Pretty Great
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people.
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Researchers find that e-scooters are a fun, easy way to go to the ER
"This is a very important technological innovation that has a significant public health impact."
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What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?
If you decide to drive in downtown Oslo, be forewarned: You won’t be able to park on the street. By the beginning of this year, the city finished removing more than 700 parking spots–replacing them with bike lanes, plants, tiny parks, and benches–as a major step toward a vision of a car-free city center. Without those parking spots, and with cars banned completely on some streets, few people are driving in the area. “There are basically no cars,” says Axel Bentsen, CEO of Urban Sharing, the company that runs Oslo City Bike...
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What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people.
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Delray neighborhood set to receive its own historical archive
Author Karen Dybis is developing an archive of photos, objects, and oral histories for the Detroit neighborhood.
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Elon Musk to unveil tunnel elevators and autonomous pods on December 18
We'll soon learn if Elon Musk's high-speed tunnel plan is a serious effort to relieve traffic congestion or little more than a fancy theme park ride. Musk has announced a big unveiling event for December 18 that will show off not only a tunnel but also a ground-to-tunnel car elevator and an autonomous passenger pod.
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Japan plans hi-tech 'super city'
Japan's government is planning to develop a so-called "super city" where cutting-edge technologies will undergo fast-track testing to study their feasibility. Government officials have drawn up a basic plan that calls for the city to be developed on a former industrial site, with people invited to serve as residents.
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The city that gives you free beer for cycling
This is how the Italian city of Bologna is getting people to leave their cars behind.
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Taking the bus: New data techniques help improve public transportation
With traffic at a standstill and the environment a concern, cities are using new technology to improve buses, taxis, subways, and other public transportation options.
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Desire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners
When cities lack the paths pedestrians need, people vote with their feet
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'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars
In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans
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Ghost Plants: Reusing Huge Abandoned Sears Buildings Across Urban America
A few years back, I moved into a Sears building — no, not that famous skyscraper in Chicago, or one of those department stores in the suburbs, but a city block-sized brick behemoth just south of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The origins and demise of Delray
Once a thriving, independent village, Delray’s often-feared demise may finally become a reality.
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Cities from the sea: the true cost of reclaimed land
Asia is growing. Literally. From Malaysia to Dubai, luxury developments are rising on artificial islands and coastlines. Everybody wins – except the local sea life and the fishermen who depend on it
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Los Angeles Tests the Power of ‘Play Streets’
In the Boyle Heights neighborhood, a design intervention led by residents and activists unveils a “playground in a box” to reclaim streets for public life.
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How a $10 Billion Experimental City Nearly Got Built in Rural Minnesota
A new documentary explores the “city of the future” that was meant to provide a blueprint for urban centers across America. By Lorraine Boissoneault.
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Welcome to Zucktown. Where Everything Is Just Zucky.
In Menlo Park, Calif., Facebook is building a real community and testing the proposition: Do people love tech companies so much they will live inside them?
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The Case Against Sidewalks
And how cities can create new avenues for pedestrians
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