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Urban wanderings with a post rock soundtrack. Corporate sustainability wonk, urban designer & green building advocate. AKA Mrs @pureandapplied & Malley's mum. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23784286-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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Now that's a great bubbler. #placemaking Thanks for keeping this lil keeper @cityofsydney. (at Goddard Reserve)

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And the lights are out! #earthhour @wiggoaugogo @max_au and Jo! (at Hartsyard)

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The food at Hartsyard is that good. With @wiggoaugogo, @max_au and Jo! (at Hartsyard)

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Stunning aerial night shot. I <3 NYC.

[citymaus]

“Most people in transportation focus on the five percent of the time that cars are moving. But the average car is parked 95 percent of the time. I think there’s a lot to learn from that 95 percent.” Donald Shoup when asked why he studies parking.

…So what?

First, I have confirmed that Shoup’s estimate of 95% does seem widely applicable. Across the world cars seem to be parked at least 92% of the time and typically about 96% of the time, according to the 1995 data mentioned above. I doubt more up to date or accurate data sets would change this number much. 

But why should we care?

One reason to talk about this is to highlight the importance of parking. It is what cars do the vast majority of the time.

It highlights a crucial inefficiency of mass private car ownership. It points towards huge parking space savings (an enormous land bank) that shifts away from mass car ownership might open up, if only we could massively improve the alternatives including making car-sharing and other ‘metered access to shared cars’ (MASC) more of a mass market phenomenon.

read more: reinventingparking, 22.02.13.

we need more carshare and rideshare. (in addition to changes in parking policy, transportation policy, etc..)

[betaknowledge]

“Box of clouds”:

A photo viewer key ring dismembered and installed into a small tin. I removed the backlight from the LCD to make it transparent; allowing it to be held up to the sky. Images of clouds cycle automatically and the box is charged via USB.

[iwdrm]

“Los Angeles, November 2019, Part II (I, III)”

Blade Runner (1982)

[explore-blog]

“Memorials are the promises that we make to future generations.” Jake Barton on the role of museums and memorials in society, an excerpt from Debbie Millman’s fantastic Design Matters podcast.

[courtenaybird]

THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL

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Photo’s by Brian Ulrich. Closed down shopping malls “The idea went back to 2005 when I drove weekly past a large closed supermarket on the North Side of Chicago. At night the space really transformed from one of neglect and misuse to something incredibly visual that described a Rothko-esque painting space divided in three parts (parking lot, building, and sky). I spent a few nights making some photographs to try and replicate what I saw. I had been working on a larger project dealing with American consumerism, and it was no surprise to me that these spaces would fail and dwindle as fast they arise.” (Source)  (Via Jeroen Apers) 

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Hello @wiggoaugogo! Nice hat. (at Gelatomassi)

[humanscalecities]

(…) certain ideas from Jane Jacobs´writings such as “eyes on the street”, “the four generators of urban diversity”, “togetherness”, “sidewalk ballet” or “organised complexity” have influenced theory and practice of urban design and placemaking all these decades and are gaining (even) more attention in these days in which cities struggle to find solutions to the new challenges derived from financial constraints and social discontent.

The urban wisdom of Jane Jacobs (via humanscalecities)

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Engaging with art, engaging with space. #thetanks @tate More please. (Taken with Instagram at The Tanks @ Tate Modern)

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Water play. Portland. #placemaking (Taken with Instagram)

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Fella fashion that's tall on the inside. (Taken with Instagram)