Really? Not coca?? Aka slightly worse pizza ;_)

Argh, it was the last line not being cumulative like the rest that confused me, now i finally got it (...I blame the flu, thanks for the patience! ; ) )

i have to admit - i'm confused by the percentages not adding up to 100% in total

No trams, just trolleybuses afaik 👍
www.tundria.com/trams/ESP/Ma...
And yes, it was a boulevard 1890~1960
(today=2 general lanes+1 bus lane per direction, mostly...at least no parking+the sidewalks seem wider?😅)
maps.app.goo.gl/PUzZ9AKEDqQ3...

Added a couple more metro areas
(based on data for nearest year available)

I mean, we have carbrained subsidies in Europe too, but the US is on a whole other level 👍
op.europa.eu/o/opportal-s...

I never understood how they are always predicting "flying cars" in the future. Like, what the fuck do you think a helicopter is?

Neighborhood scale upzonings increased housing production in many NYC neighborhoods

Upzoned block faces saw significant increases in housing unit permits in Philadelphia

How do upzonings impact housing supply?

In brand-new research published today @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we show that big upzonings in New York City & Philadelphia had large, statistically significant effects on supply & permitting with several years of reforms.

www.urban.org/research/pub...

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social

#shakoshomeisho ftw ❤️‍🔥

Every unknown can be explained with -> probably the cat (...that still lives in the prev apt😅)

Rough outline of Stockholm Central Station’s history (2/2)

Rough outline of Stockholm Central Station’s history (1/2)

Bicycling increases and crash rates decline in cities that invest in cycling infrastructure.

Ralph Buehler, J. Pucher, et al. (2026), "Cycling in New York, London, Paris, and Berlin" International Journal of Sustainable Transport (www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/15568318.2026.2649315)

On cost, over time: How Scandinavian transport infrastructure challenges conventional understanding of project delivery performance Rail and road infrastructure projects completed in Denmark, Norway and Sweden between 2008-2022 were generally delivered ‘on cost, over time’. Evidenc…

Scandinavian road and rail infrastructure projects this century have on average been on-budget. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

More than half of the land zoned for single-family housing in Massachusetts requires a full acre (40,000+ sq ft) just to build one home.

highway 401 in Ontario, a huge and congested hellscape that's like 18 lanes wide at points

repost to jumpscare a european

The Population of Sweden.

(Eller så bildar man 'mitten'regering s+c+m?😬)

Here's hoping #shakoshomeisho will be applied worldwide someday👍

Turns out i'd misunderstood completely, sorry:

the 1967 competition seems also to have been for a 1st expansion of the ped zone...

Whereas
17/10/1966
was the inauguration of its 1st phase (!)

Src = news articles via
www.e-newspaperarchives.ch?a=d&d=DTT196...

zeitungsarchiv.nzz.ch/archive
Searching "+Fußgängerzone +Bahnhofstrasse"
>23/11/1967 = city council ped zone design competition, which led to debate beyond the 70's, as it expanded
+
map.geo.admin.ch#/map?lang=en...
<29/05/1970 = a pilot pr seems to have been implemented? judging from this mode sep

graphic showing consumer and public costs of car ownership

"Historically, decisions regarding where & how to invest in the transportation system may have been made w/o full recognition of their impacts on the broader community or the unintended consequences of focusing on objectives like speed, vehicle throughput or cost of per-mile roadway maintenance."

(...and the fact that driver's licences are essentially for life🫠👍)

Regional housing crises are a policy choice. They don't just happen to us.

person riding a cargo bike Road Safety Experts: Helmets and Hi-Viz Are the Best Tools To Ignore Root Cause Of Road Violence

Road Safety Experts: Helmets and Hi-Viz Are the Best Tools To Ignore Root Cause Of Road Violence

HT @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

3rd guess here!
(...on 2nd continent🫠)

Shouldn't S tier be reserved for someone actually implementing, I dunno...ultrablocks?
(Especially if combined with shakoshomeisho, ofc!😇)

A doozy of an early morning @financialtimes.com Unhedged email.

"Deutsche Bank developed a simple...index of the pressure on the president, an equal-weight measure composed of four-week changes in the S&P 500, the 10-year Treasury, short-term inflation expectations & the presidential approval"

Cyklister kan åka fast för fortkörning – mäts med polisens nya radar Polisen i region Mitt utrustar numera några av sina fordon med radar för att enklare kunna mäta hastighet i trafiken – och det gäller även cyklar. Syftet är att ingen ska dö eller skadas allvarligt på...

www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
"gäller även cyklar. Syftet är att ingen ska dö eller skadas allvarligt"
Alltid fräscht med lite victim blaming ✨️