More Carspreading! More Motonormativity! And… Cookie Monster? Or, why our new town driveways are at risk of turning into a staging area for the Texas Rangers

There’s nothing childish about designing places to create community.

So, why are we actively putting children at risk?

Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#carspreading #motonormativity #placemaking #SUV #roadsafety #janejacobs #walking #amirite #jangehl

Masterplans, 3mph And The ‘70s Oil Crisis Or, having missed one big opportunity to encourage walking and cycling, is another now on the horizon?

Are we going to sell out the good people of Tempsford and build yet more car dependent tat? Or are we now going to walk the talk and actively start designing for walkers and cyclists?

Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#jangehl #walking #cycling #activetravel #copenhagen #activetravelengland

pavillion café 'parq' at moravské námēstí in Brno, Czechia

pavillion café 'parq' at moravské námēstí in Brno, Czechia

walkable water fountain at the centre of moravské námēstí in Brno, Czechia

Learning from #Brno, CZ

exchanging thoughts on #jangehl #publicspace #publiclife in #walkable cities at café parq with a colleague - while see it all happen on moravské námēstí.

the park from 2023 at was redesigned by #consequenceformaarchitects with landscape architect #karinstandler

Toddlers, the French and 10,000 Parking Spaces Or, what our nearest continental neighbours can teach us about designing for the very young

This week: Toddlers, the French and 10,000 Parking Spaces

A challenge for you: imagine you're 95cm tall, the height of a healthy 3-yr-old. How would you approach placemaking in your city?

#urbandesign #streets #manualforstreets #whittingtonestate #jangehl #hammersmithbridge #cycling #placemaking

A Bill, Some Insanity and a Conspiracy Or, how a lack of control over some highways authorities will crash the government’s new towns aspirations

Why are highways authorities able to continue using outdated guidance when this puts vulnerable road users at unnecessary and potentially fatal risk?
#placemaking #janejacobs #jangehl #manualforstreets #urbandesigngroup #udg #LTN1/20 #nationaldesignguide #nationalmodeldesigncode #gearchange #NPPF

LTNs, Andouillette Sausages, a Special Invitation and an Apology Or, what a French gastronomic delicacy has to do with life and death

This week: LTNs, Andouillette Sausages, a Special Invitation and an Apology - or, what a French gastronomic delicacy has to do with life and death

#placemaking #20mph #jangehl #tomflood #LTN #lowtrafficneighbourhoods #streetexperiments #waronthemotorist

People, Places, Cities: Making the Case for Placemaking Why it’s the solution to livable cities.

David Burney makes the case for #Placemaking. #PeoplePlacesCities #JaneJacobs #WilliamHWhyte #JanGehl
@pratt.edu.bsky.social @jeffspeck.bsky.social @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social commonedge.org/people-place...

Aliis Kodis on LinkedIn: #placemaking #cheonggyecheon #walkability #janejacobs #jangehl #arup… In the news this week: Cool streets! Trump! Walkability! What a difference a Monday in January makes. While President Trump has just withdrawn the US from…

In the news this week: Cool streets! Trump! Walkability! #placemaking #cheonggyecheon #walkability #janejacobs #jangehl #ARUP #urbanism www.linkedin.com/posts/aliis-...

Aliis Kodis on LinkedIn: #placemaking #walking #cycling #larsriemann #jangehl #nordhavn… A trio of stories for you this week! First, the Labour Party Manifesto is championing the ambition to “… raise the healthiest generation of children in our…

This week: placemaking for children and young people, the Office for Place and Nordhavn! #placemaking #walking #cycling #larsriemann #jangehl #nordhavn #mentalhealth
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