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What Is Loitering, Really?

America’s laws against lingering have roots in Medieval and Elizabethan England. Since 1342, the goal has always been to keep anyone “out of

To loiter is simply to be in one place. Loitering happens when people start to find that suspicious , to think one doesnt belong in that place, environment...

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In Washington, Walk on the Grass, but Step Gently

The National Mall’s installation of expensive new turf and its imposition of new rules have created an identity crisis: Should the mall rema

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Paris Will Finally Let You Have a Little Fun in Its Public Parks

Bikes, games, picnics, and dogs are finally getting a warmer welcome in the French capital’s famously stringent parks and gardens.

If Paris did it, why not Mumbai

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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world

In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerab

There was a time, in the 1950s and 60s, when cyclists were under severe threat of being expelled from Dutch cities by the growing number of cars. Only thanks to fierce activism and a number of decisive events would Amsterdam succeed in becoming what it is, unquestionably, now: the bicycle capital of the world.

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In Bengaluru, once India’s ‘garden city’, parks are now restricted areas that keep the poor out

Academics and activists call this the privatisation of public spaces.

Short bursts of a screeching sound filled the air. It wasn’t a bird, it was a man with a whistle. And as he blew into it, everyone in the park slowly began to make his or her way out. It was 10 am, and in Bengaluru – the capital of Karnataka – that’s when many neighbourhood parks close, re-opening only after 5 pm, even on a Saturday

We all have lived this scene in Mumbai, though BMC promised to open parks betweek 6am and 9 pm with only 3 hours off from 12pm to 3pm... Same goes with keep off the grass rules in many park such as Bajaj. This is what we are fighting for : a real public open space

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Many cities have successfully implemented alternatives to more roads... Making life better for everyone. Public transit is the future. Not private cars

#wewantparksnotcars

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“Parsimonious With the Truth”

The Supreme Court Indictment of the Environment Impact Assessment of the Mopa Airport and Lessons to be Learnt      SC Stays EC of

The essence of the problem can be captured just four words used in the judgement, that the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) of the project is “parsimonious with the truth” meaning it retains informations on the environmental impact of the project.

Hopefully This will set a precedent and warn developpers, urban planners and city officials to think about their impact first.

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Road kill: Project threatens Haji Ali’s hidden world of corals, oysters, crabs | Mumbai News - Times of India

Mumbai News: City News: At low tide, a handful of people—couples, adventurers, and lately marine life enthusiasts—can often be seen clam

The coastal road project is going to destroy the marine life eco system.