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Lack of public restrooms a notorious problem albeit not just a north american one. In Caracas, there was also a shortage of these.

This of course needs to be solved, but the cost of construction is only the beginning. Long term maintenance and supplies of utilities, soap, toilet paper by staff also are a factor in the budget.

To maintain that political will to fund such a service seems the biggest challenge in a polarized society.

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Spot the two scary things in this story.

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“Asphalt Archeology” is a series of photographs of found objects embedded into asphalt in New York City by artist Mike Mission

The robotaxis were stationed in a San Francisco parking lot when a feature to avoid crashes set off the noise.

The sights and sounds of future cities.

#urban design #infrastruture #transportation #driverless #iot #street #cities

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The pressure cooker of urban density, sharing economy, tourism and digital nomadism.

#urban #infrastructure #street #architecture #tourism #cities #housing #urban planning

The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings.

We’re needing to revisit urban spaces and calendar programming in cities in response to heat increases.

#urban #street #infrastructure #culture #sports #religion #climate change #architecture

E-bikes zoom down streets, zigzag around cars and zip across sidewalks, changing the way some residents view the streets.

Delivery app companies should be forced to rewrite their rushing algorithms. Maybe encourage less quick delivery options “safe delivery” vs “kamikaze delivery”.

And why not introduce congestion pricing for ebikes too while we’re at it, Mayor?

Make traditional bikes more attractive again!

#street #infrastructure #urban #ebike #citibike #app #ethics

When the city’s drainage network is overwhelmed, “it backs up,” experts said.

These tropical rainfalls are becoming the norm and the city is just not built for it. A lot of investment needs to happen to catch up.

#urban #infrastructure #street #cityinterface #sewage #flooding #climate change

Tourists and Londoners alike were perplexed when the Bond Street tube station was temporarily renamed “Burberry Street” as part of a sponsorship deal with Transport for London.

Wrong in so many levels, the co-opting of our cities from branding advances. First it was stadium names, then street names, now subway stops.

#london (england)#cityinterface #subway #street #naming

If the trash is on the street, the rats are going to eat.

As long as there is food waste on streets, there will be a rat problem in NYC. The city is requiring covered bins now but we still see the sheer amount of trash outpaces the quantity of bins you could deploy on sidewalks. You would have sidewalks full of bins, arguably better than full of rats—but what kind of street is what we want, one resembling a barricade?

How would a behavioral change approach work? Getting New Yorkers to reduce food waste is the goal.

How can we reduce food waste from streets in New York?

Encourage more composting by installing bins

Promote more responsible trash handling

Introduce a tax for food waste in restaurant takeout and delivery apps

Create food recycling programs for dealing with supermarket waste

Ask or incentivize New Yorkers to throw less food waste

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Native plants crowded onto postage-stamp-size plots have been delivering environmental benefits around the world — and, increasingly, in the

This idea should be promoted, a good way to rebuild nature back where it once probably stood.

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A movement known as Architectural Uprising is pushing back against Scandinavian design trends — and sometimes forcing architects back to the

This makes you think how much architecture is loosing touch with the citizens it serves. Starchitecture and its discontents.

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We used a professional sound meter to measure the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose.

Is New York the city that never lets you sleep?

I think we need to start a global ranking of cities by their quality of silence. You heard it here first, but it was a only a 20db whisper.

#cityinterface #cities #urban #noise #pollution

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Floodgates of New York. #13

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A dining innovation that once looked like the future has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it take

Covid popularized the QR code in the US, and probably in other parts of the world. But I agree that it’s a buzz kill these post-pandemic days, specially in restaurants.

#cityinterface #restaurant #qr code #service #cities

Ya existen ejemplos de que el entorno construido puede ayudarnos no solo a luchar contra el cambio climático sino a adaptarnos a las nuevas

Architure and urbanism as a catalyst for environmental action.

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“Find My Car” hot pursuit police chase, because it has come to this.

#cityinterface #urban #street #car thefts #cities #iot

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