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jueves, 1 de diciembre de 2011
FOTO + TEXTO: HAIKU STREETS SIGNS EN NUEVA YORK
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jueves, 8 de septiembre de 2011
lunes, 29 de agosto de 2011
martes, 16 de agosto de 2011
Artículo: Four Florida metropolitan areas recently ranked as the most dangerous places for pedestrians, according to a survey by Transportation America.
Orlando and three other Florida metropolitan regions again top the list of most dangerous places for pedestrians, with more than 550 pedestrians killed between 2000 and 2009. According to a survey by Transportation America, these areas lead the nation in pedestrian fatalities and other injuries relative to the amount of walking that occurs there, and Hispanic and black residents are disproportionately the victims.
Experts blame the problem on a glut of wide, arterial roads built for cars. These multi-lane roads have few crosswalks and sidewalks, and the car culture built up around them includes some motorists who speed up at the site of pedestrians crossing.
Southern and southwestern metro areas make up the bulk of the regions that scored poorly on the survey. New York City-Northern New Jersey-Long Island was found to be the safest place for pedestrians.
source: PLANETIZEN
ARTICULO + VIDEO: Riding Bogota’s Bountiful Protected Bikeways
Riding Bogota's Bountiful Protected Bikeways from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
Tomado de www.STREETfilm.org
Since 1998, Bogotá, Colombia has built more than 300 kilometers of protected bikeways. Streetfilms recently had the chance to explore the city's bike network with the man responsible for building it, former mayor Enrique Peñalosa.
"When we build very high quality bicycle infrastructure, besides protecting cyclists, it shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally as important to one in a $30,000 car," said Peñalosa. And as mayor, he walked the walk, extending the network of protected bikeways to every community.
"He spent all of the money that he had developing public space for pedestrians and bicycles," said Carlos Felipe Pardo from SlowResearch.org. "If you go to other places, you have people in the mud walking but the cars on a perfect road and here it is the opposite."
Now the investment in cycling infrastructure is paying off. After starting off with hardly any bike commuters, Bogota is pushing a five percent bike commute mode-share.
artículo original AQUI
miércoles, 20 de julio de 2011
La calle educa: pasos de cebra // guerrilla urbana
Tomado de: PLATAFORMA URBANA
En el mundo cerca de 500.000 peatones mueren al año en accidentes de tránsito. Sólo en Chile mueren 900 cada año, 50% de ellas en vías urbanas. Aunque un gran número de muertes por atropello se produce por exceso de velocidad de los automovilistas que pierden el control, otro gran número de muertes se produce por cruzar la calle en lugares prohibidos y no usar los pasos de cebra.
Curitiba es uno de los buenos ejemplos que tiene Sudamérica como modelo de ciudad. De ahí que siempre lidere los índices de calidad de vida y sustentabilidad en la región.
No es de extrañar que las autoridades de esta ciudad estén constantemente haciendo campañas en favor de una ciudad más segura y con mejor calidad de vida para sus habitantes.
El siguiente es un buen ejemplo de eso:
Como una forma de llamar la atención y crear conciencia entre los peatones, para que estos crucen la calle por los paso de cebra, las autoridades de Curitiba decidieron hacer una campaña en la que contrataron artistas locales para que pintaran estos pasos.
En este video se puede ver el resultado de esta intervención urbana:
Pero Curitiba no es el único lugar donde se han hecho campañas de este tipo. Aquí otros buenos ejemplos en otras ciudades que han realizado interesantes campañas para incentivar el uso del paso de cebra.
Los objetivos de laChina Environmental Protection Foundation con esta campaña eran dos: Por un lado hacer que los peatones cruzaran por el paso de cebra y por otro desincentivar el uso del automóvil. La idea era que con cada paso los peatones fueran dandole “vida” a este árbol.
“Cada año mueren 7.000 peatones en Europa” Es lo que decían estos pasos de cebra en París, que tenía por objetivo conscientizar a los traseuntes, pero también fomentar el manejo responsable.
Esta campaña australiana está dirigida a los automovilistas, para que éstos reduzcan la velocidad cuando se están acercando a un paso de cebra, amenazándolos directamente con que el exceso de velocidad los puede llevar a la cárcel.
lunes, 18 de julio de 2011
Bike Fixation // transit station
Bicycles are incredible tools for transportation and recreation. And of course, they're a blast to ride. But sometimes you get a flat tire, forget to bring a snack, or need to make a minor adjustment. That's where Bike Fixtation comes in.
Bike Fixtation offers self-service kiosks on an extended-hours basis for bicyclists in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. You can buy a tube or patch kit, pump up your tires for free, and make simple adjustments using supplied tools.
(para ver el home page haz click AQUI )
jueves, 23 de junio de 2011
VIDEO: Fixing the great mistake
Light car traffic, Medium car traffic, Heavy car traffic
Revisiting Donald Appleyard's Livable Streets from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
By Streetfilms_
Para ver el link directo haga click AQUI
Revisiting Donald Appleyard's Livable Streets from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
By Streetfilms_
Para ver el link directo haga click AQUI
lunes, 13 de junio de 2011
lunes, 2 de mayo de 2011
FOTO: Global Carbon Footprint Infographic
Infografía de Stanford Kay. Cada continente está representado por un color, y cada país por una burbuja... donde el tamaño de cada burbuja es proporcional a sus emisiones de carbón.
Para ver el artículo completo hagan click AQUÍ
viernes, 29 de abril de 2011
martes, 26 de abril de 2011
VIDEO: Cities do not need highways
La gente de Streetfilms ha armado éste video, para debatir acerca de cómo las autopistas pueden ser un obstáculo para el desarrollo socio-económico de las ciudades.
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Highway Removal from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
Moving Beyond the Automobile: Highway Removal from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011
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viernes, 28 de enero de 2011
jueves, 27 de enero de 2011
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."
— Jane Jacobs (The Death and Life of Great American Cities)
— Jane Jacobs (The Death and Life of Great American Cities)
jueves, 13 de enero de 2011
Artículo: Moses, Jacobs And You: The Battle For Gotham
El siguiente artículo aparece en el número The UnPlanned City de la revista CITY LIMITS de Enero 2011. Es una reseña acerca del libro "The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs" de Roberta Brandes Gratz.
Les dejo extractos del artículo, y el link si lo quieren leer completo.
Ast!
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"The book is hard to categorize. Part biography, part urban history, sometimes manifesto, sometimes love letter to New York. Gratz, a former New York Post reporter who has penned several books on urbanism and has contributed to City Limits in the past, is probably one of the most authoritative interpreters of Jacobs' legacy. But while Jacobs is a huge presence in these pages, the book avoids hagiography. These are mostly Gratz's own ruminations about the city: her recounting of the battle to save SoHo, the process she went through to understand the fullness of Westway's threat, the decades of punishment she has seen delivered unto manufacturing in New York neighborhoods like Willets Point, the immense value she sees in the small wonders of the Upper West Side. She has much to say, and the book's structure can sometimes cloud its take-home message, but its fine-grain detail helps it avoid broad-brush ideology that could be a turnoff for the general reader. It's not that every development or City Hall proposal is a bad idea. There are good developers, and communities sometimes pick bad fights. The only absolute is that not everything labeled “progress” actually is."
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The public, writes Gratz, “has come to understand their right and value in being part of the process that leads to change. This is vintage Jane. Public process, on the other hand, was anathema to Moses.” She adds later: “If you accept the centrality of the idea of people being the best engine of change, then what is critical is removing the kind of impediments that thwart the capacity of the people.”
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In a 2005 letter to Mayor Bloomberg that Gratz prints in full, Jacobs weighed in on the city's proposal to rezone the Brooklyn waterfront in a way contrary to what the community had asked for in its own official vision, called a 197-A plan.
“If you follow the proposal before you today, you will maybe enrich a few heedless and ignorant developers, but at the cost of an ugly and intractable mistake. Even the presumed beneficiaries of this misuse of governmental powers, the developers and financiers of luxury towers, may not benefit; misused environments are not good long-term economic bets,” Jacobs wrote. “Come on, do the right thing. The community really does know best.”
Para leer el artículo completo:
miércoles, 5 de enero de 2011
Articulo: 10 Principles for Transport in Urban Life
(New York, JUNE 24th, 2010)
Visionary urbanist Jan Gehl and Walter Hook, Executive Director of the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), have together set out ten keys to creating more sustainable cities in a new publication: "Our Cities Ourselves: 10 Principles for Transport in Urban Life", shows how cities from New York to Nairobi can meet the challenges of rapid population growth and climate change while improving their competitiveness.
Visionary urbanist Jan Gehl and Walter Hook, Executive Director of the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), have together set out ten keys to creating more sustainable cities in a new publication: "Our Cities Ourselves: 10 Principles for Transport in Urban Life", shows how cities from New York to Nairobi can meet the challenges of rapid population growth and climate change while improving their competitiveness.
- Walk the walk: Create great pedestrian environments.
- Powered by people: Create a great environment for bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles.
- Get on the bus: Provide great, cost-effective public transport.
- Cruise control: Provide access for clean passenger vehicles at safe speeds and in significantly reduced numbers.
- Deliver the goods: Service the city in the cleanest and safest manner.
- Mix it up: Mix people and activities, buildings and spaces.
- Fill it in: Build dense, people and transit oriented urban districts that are desirable.
- Get real: Preserve and enhance the local, natural, cultural, social and historical assets.
- Connect the blocks: Make walking trips more direct, interesting and productive with small-size, permeable buildings and blocks.
- Make it last: Build for the long term. Sustainable cities bridge generations. They are memorable, malleable, built from quality materials, and well maintained.
If you want to read the complete article, click the link below
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/our-cities-ourselves-10-principles-for-transport-in-urban-life-97059599.html
Interview: “Count people, not cars”
Lars Gemzoe, Senior Consultant and Associate Partner at Gehl Architects visited Chennai in early December for a three-day workshop on Public Space Public Life surveys. Kumar Manish, Communications Officer at ITDP India, caught up with Gemzoe for a tête-à-tête.
Lars Gemzoe in Chennai
KM: What are the main challenges for growing cities in India?
LG: Providing quality public spaces remains a critical issue in India. India’s mega cities need facilities not only for necessary activities (like commuting and shopping), but also for optional activities (like leisure walking, people-watching, and talking to friends).
KM: Counting people, not counting cars—does this kind of survey work?
LG: City surveys need to be humane and innovative in their approach. People are invisible in planning process of most cities. There are lots of data available on vehicular traffic, noise levels, pollution, and speed, but no data on pedestrians. The Public Space Public Life survey focuses on people moving by foot.
KM: What is the role of political leadership in building a livable city?
LG: Political leadership builds up a certain momentum for public causes and is highly necessary to bring a paradigm shift in the use of public space. You need political will, greater understanding among the public, and people in planning process or officials in administration for bringing positive changes in the city.
KM: Is there a need to sensitize urban planners and architects?
LG: Architects and planners rely on data to carry out their work. There is a direct link between available data and people’s perspectives. Good quality data can change the terms of the discussion and create a mandate for good design.
LG: Architects and planners rely on data to carry out their work. There is a direct link between available data and people’s perspectives. Good quality data can change the terms of the discussion and create a mandate for good design.
KM: Can public space become a brand for a city?
LG: Public space has both image and visual appeal. People space can be a brand for a city. See the example of Barcelona: each public space is a unique one and the authorities keep on trying new things. Public spaces are also a symbol of equality and inclusiveness.
KM: How was your experience in Chennai?
LG: Chennai is an extremely friendly city, amazing and full of colors. You walk around and take photos easily while in many countries you have to be very careful about taking pictures. Here if you give people a smile they smile back.
Lars Gemzoe
Link directo:
http://www.itdp.org/index.php/news/detail/count_people_not_cars_says_lars_gemzoe/
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