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Zurich backs Street-Space Transformation

Zurich backs Street-Space Transformation

Zurich backs Street-Space Transformation

It's been more than ten years since my time as CEO of Doodle, with its core team based in Zurich. While the city has evolved significantly s

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Transport, Mobilität, Tourismus: Degrowth, Demokratie, nachhaltige Entwicklung? - Sciencesconf.org

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Leitfaden «Standards Fussverkehr» | Stadt Zürich

Leitfaden «Standards Fussverkehr»

Mit diesem Leitfaden werden die Anliegen des Fussverkehrs in der Planung von Verkehrsinfrastrukturen berücksichtigt.

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Milan announces ambitious scheme to reduce car use after lockdown | Italy | The Guardian

Milan announces ambitious scheme to reduce car use after lockdown

Coronavirus-hit Lombardy city will turn 35km of streets over to cyclists and pedestrians

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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready | Penny Holliday, Femke de Jong and Sjoerd Groeskamp | The Guardian

Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be di

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Yes — that adds another important layer:

The 30-minute city is not only better for the body. It is better for the brain.

A 15-minute neighborhood risks becoming too closed, too repetitive, too village-like. It gives convenience, but it may also reduce exposure to difference.

The 30-minute city gives you a wider cognitive and social field:

more routes, more neighborhoods, more people, more friction, more surprise, more urban learning.

That matters sociologically. A city is not just a service machine where needs are met efficiently. A city is also a machine for encountering difference.

So your argument could become:

The 15-minute city optimizes proximity.

The 30-minute city optimizes exposure.

Or:

The 15-minute city asks: what do I need nearby?

The 30-minute city asks: how far can I move through difference while staying healthy?

This is powerful because it connects fitness, cognition, and urban culture.

A 30-minute bike ride gives you:

physical exercise — heart, muscles, metabolism

mental stimulation — orientation, attention, changing scenery

social exposure — different streets, classes, cultures, behaviors

urban understanding — you learn how the city actually works

emotional reset — movement clears the head

That makes it much richer than “commuting.” It becomes a daily urban experience.

A possible manifesto line:

The healthy city is not the city of minimum distance, but the city of meaningful distance.

Or even stronger:

We should not design cities to eliminate movement. We should design cities so movement makes us healthier, smarter, and more connected.

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‘You make people a bit happier’: the football app building friendships in London | Loneliness | The Guardian

‘You make people a bit happier’: the football app building friendships in London

Footy Addicts helps amateur players find a game at short notice – and tackles the problem of loneliness

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As the world heats up, cities work to cool down

As the world heats up, cities work to cool down

Global warming trends mean more frequent, intense heat waves. Cities around the world are working to mitigate extreme heat and adapt urban l

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A single plastic water bottle takes about 450 years to decompose — meaning every bottle produced since the 1970s is still essentially intact somewhere on Earth, slowly breaking down into particles now found in Arctic ice, Pyrenees rainfall, and the sediments of the Mariana Trench

A single plastic water bottle takes about 450 years to decompose — meaning every bottle produced since the 1970s is still essentially intact

The plastic water bottle is one of the more recent inventions in the history of human packaging. The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle

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Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones | Technology | The Guardian

Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones

Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces

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The Power of Cycling: Previewing a new digital series with ECF and Content With Purpose - Velo-city Conference

The Power of Cycling: Previewing a new digital series with ECF and Content With Purpose

Join Max Smith, Founder & Managing Director of Content With Purpose (CWP), for an exclusive preview of The Power of Cycling, a new digital s

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Link between poverty and access to nature | Access to green space | The Guardian

Link between poverty and access to nature | Letter

Letter: Prof Kathy Willis responds to research showing that the poorest areas in the country face the deepest cuts to green spaces

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5 Overlooked Lenses That Outproduce Flagship Gear | Fstoppers

5 Overlooked Lenses That Outproduce Flagship Gear | Fstoppers https://share.google/KtP33jdHwR8ITEmok

5 Overlooked Lenses That Outproduce Flagship Gear | Fstoppers

Five overlooked lenses that produce more photos than flagship gear: the Nikon Z 24-120mm, Sony FE 50mm f/1.8, Tamron 28-200mm, and more. Why

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Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear | Science | The Guardian

Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear

From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic ‘is still an open question’

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Daily Activity and Positive Mood Form a Continuous Loop - Neuroscience News

Daily Activity and Positive Mood Form a Continuous Loop - Neuroscience News

A new study reveals a bidirectional loop between light daily movement and immediate mood boosts.

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