@lenarae19.bsky.social
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We’re funding pioneering #rewilding projects across Britain through the Rewilding Innovation Fund – and there are only two weeks left to apply ⏳
If you have a rewilding project that needs a boost, this is your chance to secure up to £15,000 in funding. (1/2)
#RewildingBritain
If you have a rewilding project that needs a boost, this is your chance to secure up to £15,000 in funding. (1/2)
#RewildingBritain
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We’re funding pioneering #rewilding projects across Britain through the Rewilding Innovation Fund – and there are only two weeks left to apply ⏳
If you have a rewilding project that needs a boost, this is your chance to secure up to £15,000 in funding. (1/2)
#RewildingBritain
If you have a rewilding project that needs a boost, this is your chance to secure up to £15,000 in funding. (1/2)
#RewildingBritain
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One simple trick to permanently protect your community from speeders for only $5,000
January 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One simple trick to permanently protect your community from speeders for only $5,000
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290 car spaces are being replaced with bike staples & greenery in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Workers say they can place 8 staples a day.
Local residents have mixed reactions, since many own cars that now need to be parked in a distant garage. However, many locals own bikes & like a greener quieter street.
Workers say they can place 8 staples a day.
Local residents have mixed reactions, since many own cars that now need to be parked in a distant garage. However, many locals own bikes & like a greener quieter street.
January 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
290 car spaces are being replaced with bike staples & greenery in Jordaan, Amsterdam
Workers say they can place 8 staples a day.
Local residents have mixed reactions, since many own cars that now need to be parked in a distant garage. However, many locals own bikes & like a greener quieter street.
Workers say they can place 8 staples a day.
Local residents have mixed reactions, since many own cars that now need to be parked in a distant garage. However, many locals own bikes & like a greener quieter street.
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Cities are grappling with housing shortages and the challenge of revitalizing underutilized spaces. Vacant malls, abandoned factories, and shuttered schools don’t have to remain relics of the past. Through adaptive reuse, we can transform them into much-needed housing and thriving economic hubs.
Old walls, new homes
Adaptive reuse as a solution for housing
www.cnu.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cities are grappling with housing shortages and the challenge of revitalizing underutilized spaces. Vacant malls, abandoned factories, and shuttered schools don’t have to remain relics of the past. Through adaptive reuse, we can transform them into much-needed housing and thriving economic hubs.
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Looking forward to sharing the @livingstreets.bsky.social Pedestrian Pound report with the London Walking Forum. Demonstrating the economic case for investing in better high streets for walking is key to making the right decisions. Go to Living Streets for access to the highlights and full report.
January 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Looking forward to sharing the @livingstreets.bsky.social Pedestrian Pound report with the London Walking Forum. Demonstrating the economic case for investing in better high streets for walking is key to making the right decisions. Go to Living Streets for access to the highlights and full report.
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Cities when bicyclists are getting hit: "Here are some plastic pixie sticks."
Cities when homeless people are living outdoors: "Here are 20 sections of concrete k-rail."
Cities when homeless people are living outdoors: "Here are 20 sections of concrete k-rail."
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cities when bicyclists are getting hit: "Here are some plastic pixie sticks."
Cities when homeless people are living outdoors: "Here are 20 sections of concrete k-rail."
Cities when homeless people are living outdoors: "Here are 20 sections of concrete k-rail."
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Bicycle (+ pedestrian) sidepaths are way better than painted on-street lanes in the rural context.
Three years ago, under the Dark Sky, I asked my followers to send me examples of relatively recent bike lanes in the French countryside. Here are 4 before/after examples I was then able to create with Streetview, to promote the idea that creating bike lanes outside cities is also a possibility.
January 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Bicycle (+ pedestrian) sidepaths are way better than painted on-street lanes in the rural context.
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An ounce of preemptive streetscape improvements is worth a pound of cops. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/08/f...
Fighting Crime Without Cops: New Report Shows Key Role of Streetscape — Streetsblog USA
An ounce of preemptive streetscape improvements is worth a pound of cops.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
An ounce of preemptive streetscape improvements is worth a pound of cops. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/08/f...
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I often wonder if Buddy knows just how cute and handsome he is. That adorable kitten face has never left him! 🧡🧡🦁🦁 #kittyloafmonday #teamfloof #CatsOfBluesky
January 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I often wonder if Buddy knows just how cute and handsome he is. That adorable kitten face has never left him! 🧡🧡🦁🦁 #kittyloafmonday #teamfloof #CatsOfBluesky
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Once you've seen noticed the "Gormless Gap" you see it everywhere
Pedestrian space stolen so that careless motorists don't scratch their cars
What unintended consequences might emerge from building a world where people are systematically protected from any consequences when they drive carelessly?
Pedestrian space stolen so that careless motorists don't scratch their cars
What unintended consequences might emerge from building a world where people are systematically protected from any consequences when they drive carelessly?
January 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Once you've seen noticed the "Gormless Gap" you see it everywhere
Pedestrian space stolen so that careless motorists don't scratch their cars
What unintended consequences might emerge from building a world where people are systematically protected from any consequences when they drive carelessly?
Pedestrian space stolen so that careless motorists don't scratch their cars
What unintended consequences might emerge from building a world where people are systematically protected from any consequences when they drive carelessly?
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🌿New open-access article in Biological Reviews: "Rewilded horses in European nature #conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective" 🐎 We outline 7 recommendations for integrating #horses into #rewilding sustainably. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ConservationBiology
#ConservationBiology
January 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
🌿New open-access article in Biological Reviews: "Rewilded horses in European nature #conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective" 🐎 We outline 7 recommendations for integrating #horses into #rewilding sustainably. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ConservationBiology
#ConservationBiology
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Return to vehicle design that doesn't promote distracted driving.
January 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Return to vehicle design that doesn't promote distracted driving.
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We are fortunate to have a cadre of state legislators who are smarter, more practical, and more progressive than big city mayors and councils. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/10/b...
Bateman Takes Aim at Washington’s Parking Mandates - The Urbanist
# A new bill introduced at the state legislature by longtime housing advocate Jessica Bateman would represent a sea change, limiting the ability of cities and counties to mandate high amounts of parki...
www.theurbanist.org
January 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We are fortunate to have a cadre of state legislators who are smarter, more practical, and more progressive than big city mayors and councils. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/10/b...
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I have an immediate distrust for retailer's websites that have a pop-up immediately upon loading that asks for an email in exchange for a discount.
So you're telling me that prices are already inflated by default unless we exchange some information?
So you're telling me that prices are already inflated by default unless we exchange some information?
January 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I have an immediate distrust for retailer's websites that have a pop-up immediately upon loading that asks for an email in exchange for a discount.
So you're telling me that prices are already inflated by default unless we exchange some information?
So you're telling me that prices are already inflated by default unless we exchange some information?
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Priorities? Cars or temp. shelters?
Mayor Chow spending million$ to hire 75 'traffic agents' while City shelters turn away over 200 homeless nightly, no space.
Transport Gral Mgr 'the agents’ primary job is to prevent drivers “blocking the box”' where there are traffic lights!!
Mayor Chow spending million$ to hire 75 'traffic agents' while City shelters turn away over 200 homeless nightly, no space.
Transport Gral Mgr 'the agents’ primary job is to prevent drivers “blocking the box”' where there are traffic lights!!
January 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Priorities? Cars or temp. shelters?
Mayor Chow spending million$ to hire 75 'traffic agents' while City shelters turn away over 200 homeless nightly, no space.
Transport Gral Mgr 'the agents’ primary job is to prevent drivers “blocking the box”' where there are traffic lights!!
Mayor Chow spending million$ to hire 75 'traffic agents' while City shelters turn away over 200 homeless nightly, no space.
Transport Gral Mgr 'the agents’ primary job is to prevent drivers “blocking the box”' where there are traffic lights!!
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Current planners, code and zoning experts, building and architecture professionals - all hands on deck. We are all going to need you working to help ensure the emphasis on "better" in Build Back Better efforts.
January 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Current planners, code and zoning experts, building and architecture professionals - all hands on deck. We are all going to need you working to help ensure the emphasis on "better" in Build Back Better efforts.
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Before-and-after photos of street transformations can be very inspiring, ESPECIALLY when they’re from places that many assume were ALWAYS that way — in other words, from cities we thought never HAD a “before picture” from an era where cars dominated. Delft NL 1978 vs 2023 via @modacitylife.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Before-and-after photos of street transformations can be very inspiring, ESPECIALLY when they’re from places that many assume were ALWAYS that way — in other words, from cities we thought never HAD a “before picture” from an era where cars dominated. Delft NL 1978 vs 2023 via @modacitylife.com
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The sun is in my eyes... I could just buy and install blinds, or I can use my design thinking and UX tools to solve the problem creatively
January 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The sun is in my eyes... I could just buy and install blinds, or I can use my design thinking and UX tools to solve the problem creatively
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By riding a bike primarily for transportation, I know which houses in nearby neighborhoods have cats that like to lay in the windows, which yards have the most squirrels, and which people like to wave and say hello the most.
Driving everywhere disconnects us from the real, physical world
I often visit with local oak and beech and maple trees. I also notice the birds and bugs and squirrels and deer who come by
Most humans who drive everywhere miss out on this world, shifting among mainly private interiors
I often visit with local oak and beech and maple trees. I also notice the birds and bugs and squirrels and deer who come by
Most humans who drive everywhere miss out on this world, shifting among mainly private interiors
January 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
By riding a bike primarily for transportation, I know which houses in nearby neighborhoods have cats that like to lay in the windows, which yards have the most squirrels, and which people like to wave and say hello the most.
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Paris has some of the widest bike lanes I've ever seen
January 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Paris has some of the widest bike lanes I've ever seen
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Our programme of field meetings & indoor events for 2025 is now live!
54 events across Britain & Ireland, inc training days, webinars & workshops for beginner botanists; specialist & residential courses for experienced botanists; conferences & great days out:
bsbi.org/field-meetin...
All welcome!
54 events across Britain & Ireland, inc training days, webinars & workshops for beginner botanists; specialist & residential courses for experienced botanists; conferences & great days out:
bsbi.org/field-meetin...
All welcome!
January 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our programme of field meetings & indoor events for 2025 is now live!
54 events across Britain & Ireland, inc training days, webinars & workshops for beginner botanists; specialist & residential courses for experienced botanists; conferences & great days out:
bsbi.org/field-meetin...
All welcome!
54 events across Britain & Ireland, inc training days, webinars & workshops for beginner botanists; specialist & residential courses for experienced botanists; conferences & great days out:
bsbi.org/field-meetin...
All welcome!
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This is something that I treasure so much about being able to move around my community without a car. It goes for interactions with other people, too. You get to know your neighbors. And in times like these, knowing your neighbors is pretty darn important.
By riding a bike primarily for transportation, I know which houses in nearby neighborhoods have cats that like to lay in the windows, which yards have the most squirrels, and which people like to wave and say hello the most.
Driving everywhere disconnects us from the real, physical world
I often visit with local oak and beech and maple trees. I also notice the birds and bugs and squirrels and deer who come by
Most humans who drive everywhere miss out on this world, shifting among mainly private interiors
I often visit with local oak and beech and maple trees. I also notice the birds and bugs and squirrels and deer who come by
Most humans who drive everywhere miss out on this world, shifting among mainly private interiors
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is something that I treasure so much about being able to move around my community without a car. It goes for interactions with other people, too. You get to know your neighbors. And in times like these, knowing your neighbors is pretty darn important.
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"I think it is really important to get angry because the public right now is quite unfocused."
Dr Peter Kalmus and Dr Varun Sivaram talk to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the LA fires and the role played by climate change, driven by fossil fuels.
Read & watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/la-fire...
Dr Peter Kalmus and Dr Varun Sivaram talk to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the LA fires and the role played by climate change, driven by fossil fuels.
Read & watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/la-fire...
LA fires root cause is fossil fuels says climate expert
We spoke to Dr Varun Sivaram, a senior fellow for energy and climate at the Council on Foreign Relations and Dr Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist and the author of “Being the Change: Live Well and Spa...
www.channel4.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"I think it is really important to get angry because the public right now is quite unfocused."
Dr Peter Kalmus and Dr Varun Sivaram talk to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the LA fires and the role played by climate change, driven by fossil fuels.
Read & watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/la-fire...
Dr Peter Kalmus and Dr Varun Sivaram talk to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the LA fires and the role played by climate change, driven by fossil fuels.
Read & watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/la-fire...
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“if you plan for parking and cars you are going to end up with a city of parking and cars”— @typewriteralley.bsky.social
the quotes from the urban planning professor at Rice University bother me. this is what they are teaching planners?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...
the quotes from the urban planning professor at Rice University bother me. this is what they are teaching planners?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...
Why Cities Are Getting Rid of Decades-Old Parking Rules
Hundreds of cities have cut back parking requirements for real estate projects. That’s led to more housing development, but it has also resulted in backlash from residents.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“if you plan for parking and cars you are going to end up with a city of parking and cars”— @typewriteralley.bsky.social
the quotes from the urban planning professor at Rice University bother me. this is what they are teaching planners?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...
the quotes from the urban planning professor at Rice University bother me. this is what they are teaching planners?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/b...