Sorry Gary... no trans-Atlantic trips this spring but I will miss Providence. It was one of my first CNU years ago... a very eye opening experience.

I was struck by a comment made by Wernher Brucks of the City of Zürich's Safe Mobility Office. He says that the goal is to give the "pedestrians ownership of the streets".

Crossing this intersection brings that idea to mind.

A function of design also a function of legal rights and regulations.

This study was not based on California data but rather on data from places all over the country.

Lessons in urban redevelopment

Europaalle, A new(ish) downtown Zürich Neighborhood
I am pleasantly surprised at how well this new urban neighborhood has matured and integrated into the fabric of the city of Zürich.

Swiss reject plans for bigger motorways and extra rights for landlords Swiss voters had their say on Sunday on a set of ballots which went right down to the wire.

A vote for environmental sanity in Switzerland
A wake-up call for the Swiss Federal Parliament.

Lessons in Chemistry Star Aja Naomi King on Telling the Story of L.A.’s Sugar Hill Neighborhood YouTube video by WORLD11 NEWS

The destruction of the LA's predominantly black Sugar Hill neighborhood by a freeway, poignantly told in the wonderful TV series "Lessons in Chemistry". Sugar Hill at the time of its demise was the most prestigious black neighborhood in LA. Labeled as blighted to push thru the freeway.

Induced demand applies to parking, too:

"An increase in parking provision from 0.1 to 0.5 parking space per person was associated with an increase in automobile mode share of roughly 30 percentage points."

Paper by @riocobre.bsky.social, @chrismccahill.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.3141/2543...

Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality - Christopher T. McCahill, Norman Garrick, Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Adam Polinski, 2016 Many cities include minimum parking requirements in their zoning codes and provide ample parking for public use. However, parking is costly to provide and encou...

Parking and Inducted Traffic

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

I rechecked... there were no need for temporary ramps.. there were permanent ramps already in place.

Yes I think you are correct. This is on the Züriberg.

Walk Foot People Matter
Accommodating pedestrians also with
an important element during construction

‘Motonormativity’: Britons more accepting of driving-related risk Allowance made for dangers that would not be accepted in other parts of life, finds study with potentially major policy implications

Motornormativity means that loads of people who don't drive believe that drivers should be prioritised. #carbrain @ianwalker.bsky.social @holybollards.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...

Yep... direct democracy seems to work ok

Lessons in Chemistry Star Aja Naomi King on Telling the Story of L.A.’s Sugar Hill Neighborhood YouTube video by WORLD11 NEWS

The destruction of the LA's predominantly black Sugar Hill neighborhood by a freeway, poignantly told in the wonderful TV series "Lessons in Chemistry". Sugar Hill at the time of its demise was the most prestigious black neighborhood in LA. Labeled as blighted to push thru the freeway.

Swiss reject plans for bigger motorways and extra rights for landlords Swiss voters had their say on Sunday on a set of ballots which went right down to the wire.

A vote for environmental sanity in Switzerland
A wake-up call for the Swiss Federal Parliament.

Lessons in urban redevelopment

Europaalle, A new(ish) downtown Zürich Neighborhood
I am pleasantly surprised at how well this new urban neighborhood has matured and integrated into the fabric of the city of Zürich.