@federicoz.bsky.social
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Seville, Spain eliminated 5,000 car parking spaces and built an 80 km protected cycling network in just 18 months with 32 million €.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
February 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Seville, Spain eliminated 5,000 car parking spaces and built an 80 km protected cycling network in just 18 months with 32 million €.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
Result: An average 70,000 bike trips a day.
Leadership.
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"Los espacios verdes urbanos reducen el estrés y mejoran el bienestar, se asocian con una menor tasa de problemas de salud mental, tienen efectos beneficiosos en el desarrollo cerebral de los niños y ralentizan el deterioro cognitivo en las personas mayores" www.isglobal.org/healthisglob...
January 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Los espacios verdes urbanos reducen el estrés y mejoran el bienestar, se asocian con una menor tasa de problemas de salud mental, tienen efectos beneficiosos en el desarrollo cerebral de los niños y ralentizan el deterioro cognitivo en las personas mayores" www.isglobal.org/healthisglob...
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"Las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza abarcan el reverdecimiento de la ciudad o la restauración de humedales, pasando por la mejora de la gestión del agua de lluvia. Y tienen el potencial de generar 59 millones de puestos de trabajo a escala planetaria" elpais.com/planeta-futu...
Ciudades esponja y techos verdes: las urbes incorporan la naturaleza para mitigar y crear empleo
Reverdecer o restaurar humedales son intervenciones necesarias para garantizar una vida saludable, la conservación del medio ambiente y la actividad económica
elpais.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
"Las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza abarcan el reverdecimiento de la ciudad o la restauración de humedales, pasando por la mejora de la gestión del agua de lluvia. Y tienen el potencial de generar 59 millones de puestos de trabajo a escala planetaria" elpais.com/planeta-futu...
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Effects of reducing minimum lot size:
"Across many specifications she finds that the 2013 reform has had no detectable effect on land values, and she finds some evidence that it reduced land values. This may be because it has facilitated a large amount of housing construction."
Neat!
"Across many specifications she finds that the 2013 reform has had no detectable effect on land values, and she finds some evidence that it reduced land values. This may be because it has facilitated a large amount of housing construction."
Neat!
My research on the effects of Houston's 2013 minimum lot size on land values is out now at Cityscape: www.mercatus.org/research/wor...
The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values
Policymakers across the country are liberalizing land-use restrictions in efforts to improve housing affordability. In Houston these efforts have involved cutting minimum-lot-size requirements for sub...
www.mercatus.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Effects of reducing minimum lot size:
"Across many specifications she finds that the 2013 reform has had no detectable effect on land values, and she finds some evidence that it reduced land values. This may be because it has facilitated a large amount of housing construction."
Neat!
"Across many specifications she finds that the 2013 reform has had no detectable effect on land values, and she finds some evidence that it reduced land values. This may be because it has facilitated a large amount of housing construction."
Neat!
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Underrated Original Sin of North American Urbanism:
Squarish blocks of narrow, too-deep parcels.
At 50' depth, interior spaces are compromised w/o side windows—especially as the building gets taller, it then requires horizontal expansion.
Observe 5-story row buildings vs. 9-story dumbbells in NYC:
Squarish blocks of narrow, too-deep parcels.
At 50' depth, interior spaces are compromised w/o side windows—especially as the building gets taller, it then requires horizontal expansion.
Observe 5-story row buildings vs. 9-story dumbbells in NYC:
November 25, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Underrated Original Sin of North American Urbanism:
Squarish blocks of narrow, too-deep parcels.
At 50' depth, interior spaces are compromised w/o side windows—especially as the building gets taller, it then requires horizontal expansion.
Observe 5-story row buildings vs. 9-story dumbbells in NYC:
Squarish blocks of narrow, too-deep parcels.
At 50' depth, interior spaces are compromised w/o side windows—especially as the building gets taller, it then requires horizontal expansion.
Observe 5-story row buildings vs. 9-story dumbbells in NYC:
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It was a big deal when this KEY MESSAGE appeared in Scientific American. Suggested a tipping point. “We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent: Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment & public safety.” Via @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-n...
We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent
Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment and public safety
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
It was a big deal when this KEY MESSAGE appeared in Scientific American. Suggested a tipping point. “We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent: Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment & public safety.” Via @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-n...
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Maybe the most popular hashtag I ever created over at Twitter was #UrbanismBookClub! It was meant to celebrate and spread the word about all the best books on city-building out there, both new and old.
Let’s start with @parismarx.bsky.social’s important book “Road to Nowhere!”
Share YOUR favs!
Let’s start with @parismarx.bsky.social’s important book “Road to Nowhere!”
Share YOUR favs!
November 14, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Maybe the most popular hashtag I ever created over at Twitter was #UrbanismBookClub! It was meant to celebrate and spread the word about all the best books on city-building out there, both new and old.
Let’s start with @parismarx.bsky.social’s important book “Road to Nowhere!”
Share YOUR favs!
Let’s start with @parismarx.bsky.social’s important book “Road to Nowhere!”
Share YOUR favs!