Human Scale

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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.

This community can be the place in this hyper-connected world to display and cherish the things that are not.

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The Italian town of Lucca with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro, built on the remains of a Roman amphitheatre. (social.anoxinon.de)

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The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)

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Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing (www.cam.ac.uk)

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The 6 Zoning Reforms Every Municipality Should Adopt (www.strongtowns.org)

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Pick any street. Add a touch of dutch. See how it can be made livable again. (dutchcyclinglifestyle.com)

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Using AI to imagine how car-centric areas can be made attractive for people instead.

The Japanese city that dominates street food – and no, it’s not Tokyo (edition.cnn.com)

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The German City with More Bikes than Cars (www.youtube.com)

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Let’s Make a Content! (scribe.citizen4.eu)

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“Content” emphasizes containers, not substance

The Alluring City (wrathofgnon.substack.com)

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‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)

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Street Fight: Why We Should Fight the Good Fight for Happy, Healthy, and Beautiful Places (www.strongtowns.org)

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Don’t wage a war against drivers, but don’t wage a war for them, either.

Instead of Talking About Speed Limits, Let’s Talk More About Stroads (cleantechnica.com)

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Pontevedra in Spain has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it. (www.fastcompany.com)

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Common garden weeds in Southern California (gregalder.com)

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Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Southern California food gardening

Project Kamp - What living in our off-grid community looks like (www.youtube.com)

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Kagi Small Web (blog.kagi.com)

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A Life Without Car Ownership: The Challenges Are Not What I Thought They’d Be! (www.strongtowns.org)

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The Insane Ways Traffic Engineers Try to Make Streets "Safe" For Walking (CityNerd) (piped.video)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/6168675

RRFBs. HAWK signals. Do any of these devices actually do what they're supposed to do, and how do traffic engineers decide when and where to install them?

https://piped.video/watch?v=3HCDFczGh84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HCDFczGh84

As a European, much of this was mind-boggling to me. While I believe all of this is real, I still found myself wondering throughout the video: Is this actually the norm in the US, or are these some cherry-picked bad examples? It felt for me like a whole other level of systemic hostility.