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My favorite part of my commute, back when I was an intern working on Madison’s Vision Zero action plan. The safest place for bikers? Anywhere without cars.
August 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My favorite part of my commute, back when I was an intern working on Madison’s Vision Zero action plan. The safest place for bikers? Anywhere without cars.
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It's not hard to explain the failure of Vision Zero in Chicago or anywhere else.
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's not hard to explain the failure of Vision Zero in Chicago or anywhere else.
If the F-35 war planes that someone decided should fly over my house daily have no haters, I’m dead.
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If the F-35 war planes that someone decided should fly over my house daily have no haters, I’m dead.
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Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Seminal paper published by Althoff et al. in Nature last week.
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"...moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Urban planning is public health!
"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
www.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Urban planning is public health!
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“I would like to see us make Willy a less comfortable street for commuters."
More from @liamberan.bsky.social about what city and Marquette Neighborhood leaders are hoping to try on Willy Street to stop cars from crashing into storefronts: isthmus.com/news/news/tr...
More from @liamberan.bsky.social about what city and Marquette Neighborhood leaders are hoping to try on Willy Street to stop cars from crashing into storefronts: isthmus.com/news/news/tr...
Transportation commission urges testing removal of Willy Street rush hour lanes
There have been 122 crashes on Williamson Street over the last five years, a number significantly higher than comparable city streets.
isthmus.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“I would like to see us make Willy a less comfortable street for commuters."
More from @liamberan.bsky.social about what city and Marquette Neighborhood leaders are hoping to try on Willy Street to stop cars from crashing into storefronts: isthmus.com/news/news/tr...
More from @liamberan.bsky.social about what city and Marquette Neighborhood leaders are hoping to try on Willy Street to stop cars from crashing into storefronts: isthmus.com/news/news/tr...
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Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com