alexisdyslexic

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Skywalk a controversy in new convention center in c/bloomington_in@midwest.social
[–] alexisdyslexic@urbanists.social 3 points 2 months ago

@benfulton @bloomington_in it think skywalks are kind of magical/fun. Until we get rid of the F150 ton elephant in the room, anything that protects pedestrians is fair game.

Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] alexisdyslexic@urbanists.social 5 points 8 months ago

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars there aren't a lot of studies on this topic and business owner tend to go on vibes.

I think the message should be 'you can build wealth or throughput, pick one, you can't do both'.
This is from StrongTowns (which I don't think they are on Mastodon but they're on YouTube).

Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] alexisdyslexic@urbanists.social 15 points 8 months ago (6 children)

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars not that business leaders respond to reports but MasterCard did a study in NYC on pedestrianised streets is sales over ones that weren't. Guess which ones made more $$%%?
I can find the article if u want it.