Active Travel England! NPPF Footnote 56! Manual For Streets 3! The Design And Placemaking PPG! And… The VAWG Strategy? Or, can we really deliver safer streets for women and girls?

Are there enough women in the placemaking professions to push the agenda for women-centric streets or are we just going to end up with more DMRB nonsense?

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#placemaking #activetravelengland #vawg #manualforstreets #mfs3 #nppf #vawgstrategy #paris

Manual for Streets! The DMRB! Women! And… A Bob Ross Painting? Or, why we’ve spent twenty years obsessing over bin lorries while ignoring the "forever hum of fear”

Motonormativity invites isolation and intimidation. Designing specifically for women invites safer streets for everyone else.

Find out more in this week’s Sketch…

#urbandesign #womenssafety #manualforstreets #equalityact #motonormativity #placemaking #amirite #placemakers #nppf #urbandesigngroup

Conspiracy Theories! Wars! And… A New Year’s Revolution! Or, making the case for active travel

It’s about time that active travel was given an equal helping of funding to bring it in line with road and rail.

Here’s to safer streets for all!

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#activetravel #walking #cycling #waronthemotorist #manualforstreets

73%, New Towns… and Roundabouts? Or, when it comes to new towns, can we actually learn from the mistakes of the past?

We know 20mph limits save lives. But how does this tie in to the government’s plans for “well-connected, well-designed, sustainable and attractive” new towns?

Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#20mph #urbandesigngroup #newtowns #manualforstreets #pedestrians #cyclists #motonormativity

Two Minutes, Helsinki and… Acceptable Death Tolls in Wales? Or, transport planning in Wales takes a huge retrograde step

Has motonormativity made us so detached from reality we are no longer interested in offering our neighbours and communities a little basic civility?
#20mph #philjones #welshgovernment #wrexham #finland #manualforstreets #activetravel #equalityact #pedestrians #cyclists #speedlimits #motonormativity

Active Travel! Inclusivity! And… the DMRB? Or, the challenges of getting people to travel sustainably while designing primarily for cars

To help the NHS get people active we must now decide to put pedestrians, wheelers and cyclists first no matter how painful that might be to drivers
#ltn120 #DMRB #manualforstreets #pedestrians #cyclists #shareduse #activetravel #activetravelengland

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Women! Cycling! Paris! And NPPF Footnote 48… 🚴‍♀️ Or, the challenge of delivering the infrastructure that would encourage women to cycle

Let’s face it, there are lots of reasons why we should get on two wheels… so why don’t we?

#cyclinguk #myrideourright #cycling #women #ltn120 #placemaking #nppf #manualforstreets #paris #streetsforkidscitiesforall

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Urban Designers, 10,000 years and the Smart ForTwo Or, an ode to good placemaking

✅ Investing in good design will increase the value of your scheme! Find out how in this week’s Sketch...

#placemaking #urbandesign #urbandesigners #officeforplace #urbandesigngroup #udg #manualforstreets #walking #cycling #nowheresville

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Carspreading, Creativity and Cemeteries! Or, can you give me 1,213,385 reasons not to become a flâneur?

This week, can you give me 1,213,385 reasons not to become a flaneur?
#walking #motonormativity #pavementparking #carspreading #creativity #flaneur #manualforstreets
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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

Playgrounds, California, Manual for Streets... and Shared Space? When is a crossing not a crossing? When it’s a playground!

It's here, it's here! My new project is now up and running! Enjoy:
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#manualforstreets #sharedspace #urbandesign #kensingtonhighstreet #ashfordringroadproject #exhibitionroad #poynton #fountainplace #theurbansketchwriter

Aliis Kodis on LinkedIn: #carsick #placemaking #annazivarts #manualforstreets Happy New Year! Let’s make it a walking and cycling friendly one! Why? Well, a duo of stories this week, from both sides of the pond. First, here in the UK…

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