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@beehaw.orghttps://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/07/25/the-paris-plan-for-olympic-traffic-build-more-bike-lanes
A push to make Paris fully bikable for the Olympics is already paying dividends long before the opening ceremonies.
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-07-23/west-philly-porchfest-the-battle-for-car-free-streets-and-community-celebration/
I first found myself in West Philadelphia in 2019 during Porchfest, an annual music festival that exists because approximately two square miles of Philadelphians collectively decide it should. And so it does, whether the city grants the annually requested street closures or not.
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/07/09/where-would-the-bay-area-be-without-bart
Answer: up a creek, according to a new study that attempts to quantify BART's significance to the region
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/20/bayview-san-francisco-free-food-market
At the city-funded D10 Community Market, clients in the Bayview neighborhood can choose their produce instead of being handed a box
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-4994312/road-safety-federal-infrastructure-spending-safe-streets
https://archive.ph/11NxW
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/cars-slowing-down-european-cities/
Across Europe, cities are proving that lowering speed limits makes neighborhoods safer and more livable while reducing dependence on cars.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4jcuh5asXRs
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/29/ron-desantis-doesnt-like-bike-lanes-floridians-seem-to-agree
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to accelerate road projects, claiming it will make driving less miserable. However, driving in Florida isn’t miserable because of a lack of roads — it’s miserable because the road network is designed in nonsensical, dangerous ways that increase conges