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Guardian Travel

Europe’s best walking cities: Seven wonders of the wandering world

Guardian Travel
8 min read · 2021-10-07 · From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce’s Trieste, via Marseille’s markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious rambler
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VICE

Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit

VICE
20+ min read · From 2020 · America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?
Reader View · Shared by 163, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jochen Burkhard, yimbofication fetish, Desmond Williams
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The New York Times

How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country

The New York Times
~11 min read · From 2018 · In communities across the country, the billionaire conservatives are waging a sophisticated fight against new rail projects and bus routes.
Reader View · Shared by 160, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Thomas Pleil, Alain, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Merkstatt, Moritz A. Mihatsch, Esther Schindler, Gideonro, Maureen
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Visual Capitalist

Comparing the Carbon Footprint of Transportation Options

Visual Capitalist
7 min read · Feb 16th · Flying domestically and driving alone are the most carbon-intensive travel methods Taking a train instead of a short flight could reduce your emissions by 84% As concern about climate change has…
Reader View · Shared by 157, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Juan Cole, Simon Kuestenmacher
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rootsofprogress.org

Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?

rootsofprogress.org
~12 min read · From 2019 · The bicycle, as we know it today, was not invented until the late 1800s. Yet it was a simple mechanical invention. It would seem to require no brilliant inventive insight, and certainly no scientific…
Reader View · Shared by 147, including Clemens, Tom Connor, Josep M. Ganyet, Howard Getson, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, Andrew Chen 🇺🇸, Vikram Dutt, Kunal Bhatia, 瑞拿頭, Jelan Ong, Tauno, rudolph regter, Paul Kedrosky, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Paolo Sinelli
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The New York Times

Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm

The New York Times
~11 min read · From 2020 · Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home. That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops. Not to mention the tax base.
Reader View · Shared by 138, including Tris Hussey, Karen McGrane, Rodolphe Dutel, DHH, Allison Arieff, Thomas Power, Randy Deutsch, Merkstatt, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Esther Schindler, Gerd Leonhard, Martin Ford
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The Atlantic

How Parking Destroys Cities

The Atlantic
5 min read · 2021-05-18 · Parking requirements attack the nature of the city itself, subordinating density to the needs of the car.
Reader View · Shared by 136, including Miles Kimball, sircharlsxavier, Patrick Collison, Harry Briggs 🇺🇦, Brendan Nyhan, M.G. Siegler, Ilan Gur, Jarrett Walker, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦
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WIRED

The Vehicle of the Future Has Two Wheels, Handlebars, and Is a Bike

WIRED
4 min read · From 2018 · The future of transportation looks to be merging with sci-fi. But the bike-tech revolution reminds us that innovation isn’t always about the totally new.
Shared by 132, including Daniel Schwarz, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Guy Kawasaki, Thomas Power, Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺 See you at #HM22 ⚙️, Merkstatt, Klaus Eck, Florian Hanke 🍎, Brent Toderian, Ward Plunet, Dominik Grolimund, Sébastien Bonset, Luis Bravo, MariadPDC, Christian P. Stobbe, Auf der Isar gibt es keine Matrosen, nur Flößer.
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Rodney Brooks

Predictions Scorecard, 2021 January 01

Rodney Brooks
20+ min read · 2021-01-01 · On January 1st, 2018, I made predictions about self driving cars, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, and about progress in the space industry. Those predictions had dates attached to them…
Reader View · Shared by 131, including Evan Ackerman, Gabriele, Yves Mulkers, Vincent Boucher 💎, Jonathan Kogan, Mike Tamir, PhD, Erik Brynjolfsson, Tom Connor
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Slate

The Liberation of Paris From Cars Is Working

Slate
6 min read · 2021-09-15 · The French capital is quickly cutting automobiles out of daily life. David Belliard is the deputy mayor behind it.
Reader View · Shared by 127, including Mirko Lorenz, Marcel Hänggi, Thomas Pleil, Johannes Dornisch, Peter Shankman (shankman.eth), Eric Holthaus, Anna Jane Joyner, Owen Williams ⚡, Horace Dediu, Brent Toderian, Mathias Menzl
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Parisian public space is rare, precious, and very useful. It belongs to everyone and it can’t be captured by one unique usage, which is the automobile.
The New York Times

Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?

The New York Times
~13 min read · 2021-05-27 · Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down.
Reader View · Shared by 122, including Brooks Rainwater, Mark Bittman, Allison Arieff, Marcel Hänggi, John Schwartz, Nadja Popovich, Hiroko Tabuchi, Thomas Pleil, Rick Powell, Hannah Fairfield, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻
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As midcentury highways reach the end of their life spans, cities across the country are having to choose whether to rebuild or reconsider them.
McKinsey & Company

Why micromobility is here to stay

McKinsey & Company
Jan 11th · A new McKinsey survey suggests that consumers are open to micromobility solutions, but uptake will vary by country.
Shared by 121, including Ines Bieler, Leo Blazquez, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork
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