I greatly appreciate this article by #StrongTowns | The Intersection in Front of My Kids’ School Was a Tragedy Waiting To Happen. Then It Did.

#livability #sustainability #traffic

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/6/30/the-intersection-in-front-of-my-kids-school-was-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen-then-it-did

This city retained its top spot on the chart in EIU's global #livability index 2023.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/most-liveable-cities-in-the-world-top-ten-list-vienna-most-stable-city-global-livability-index-2023-101687423270296.html #press

Car free zones in #Bellingen?
In 2017, Ghent introduced its circulatieplan (circulation plan) which removed traffic from the city centre using #carfree zones.
Since then there has been more space for #pedestrians and cyclists with only a select group of vehicles such as emergency services, trams, buses and taxis able to enter.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/17/how-have-things-changed-since-ghent-went-car-free
#pollution #Climate #emission #Roads #ZeroVision sustainable mobility #livability #PoliticalWill #IPCC

The Innovative Way Ghent, Belgium Removed Cars From The City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEOA_Tcq2XA

Barcelona’s Car-Free Superblocks Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kmIUjHL0zs

Public art: Daydream nation, dreaming of endless fossil fuels

Yep, bucking the system to create a more liveable world is surely a crime!

#carculture #livablecities #walkablecities #walkability #livability #carbonemmissions

Image: cartoon found on LinkedIn without attribution to author. If you know the original source please advise and I will attribute.

#Bellingen has a #traffic jam problem. The 'CBD' ist stuffed. Shopping is a 'running the gauntlet' experience. No matter how much they will 'straighten the bends and widen country roads', there will be just more and more cars. Removing 'bends' from very steep and winding country roads is eliminating #biodiversity #habitat.
Where will all the cars go from the newly smashed in suburbs? (North Bank Road etc) Working hard to make it a #Nonplace.

From Places to Non-Places
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place

#BellingenShire #BellingenBranding #Pollution #Roads #Livability #TownPlanners #Nonplace #Climate #Liveability #EmbraceCountryPace
Image: Logging truck with forest habitat rushing through the narrow bottleneck of Bellingen CBD

https://www.safehome.org/climate-change-statistics/

#climatechange #livability #usa #cities #safety #ranking

RT @BarbChamberlain
Subjective vs Objective: Divergence Between Subjective Walkability and Walk Score During the COVID19 Pandemic. https://www.walkscore.com/ #TRBAM #WalkData #walkability #livability

As Vienna is drowning in snow, thank you to the City for inventing the three-sided fence to protect its citizens from slippery walking paths. The elderly, parents with strollers, and people with restricted mobility love it! #Accessibility #Livability

A Challenge for #Cities: Going #Green, Without the #Gentrification - Bloomberg

#Community displacement has emerged as an unintended cost of #climate resilience efforts. Here’s how cities can boost both #livability and #equity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-10/a-challenge-for-cities-going-green-without-the-gentrification

Y'all want to do something good for #children? Then better get active in terms of #climatechange rather than spreading some utterly nutty #QAnon rubbish which is basically a lot of rehashed antisemitic garbage.

There is a lot at stake, basically the #livability of this very planet we all live on. Keep in mind there is no such thing as a planet B.