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2025-11-21

1082 #ClimateSolutions #Cities #UrbanDesigner #QnA [2]

A couple [or more] handy and doable solutions for #CarInfested #UScities

"Urban Designer Answers More City Planning Questions | Tech Support | WIRED” [21:45 min]
by Wired

youtube.com/watch?v=a0pT04XALkM

Quote by W:
“Nov 12, 2024
Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alex Washburn returns to WIRED to answer another round of the internet's burning questions about city planning. How should cities accommodate electric bikes? Can urban planning mitigate over-gentrification? How can urban planning prevent crimes? What does the future of public transportation in urban centers look like? Can a city ever reach population capacity? How's it possible for a city to run out of water? Alex Washburn answers these questions and many more on City Planning Support, Vol. 2.”

time stamps
0:00 City Planning Support Rd. 2
0:15 How to accommodate electric bikes in cities
1:05 Gentrification
2:29 Living in the sprawl
3:43 Can urban planning reduce crime?
4:08 Booooring
4:58 Trees
5:51 If you build it will they come?
6:42 The future of public transportation
7:25 The Big Dig was a Big Dub
8:24 Sustainable cities
8:59 Why do taxpayers subsidize stadiums?
9:59 Hyperloop/Maglev
11:02 Concrete was a poor choice
12:23 Windmills on every building
13:08 Superblocks/Tartan Grid
14:40 Looks familiar!
15:31 Can a city reach capacity?
16:14 Favelas
17:12 please bro, just one more parking lot
18:22 NYC housing costs
19:25 Congestion pricing
19:58 Hall of Fame: Brasilia
20:55 Running out of water

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#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopRapingNature
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2025-11-21

1081 #ClimateSolutions #Cities #UrbanDesigner #QnA [1]

A couple [or more] handy and doable solutions for #CarInfested #UScities

"Urban Designer Answers City Planning Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED [11:35 min]
by Wired

youtube.com/watch?v=ldtUrIco_rk

Quote by W:
“Aug 27, 2024
Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alexandros Washburn joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about city planning. How does the New York City Subway compare to others worldwide? What are the pros and cons of rent control initiatives? Which city can lay claim to being "smartest" in the world? Or has the best airport? What challenges will the urban designers of tomorrow need to meet? Alexandros Washburn answers these questions and many more on City Planning Support.”

Time stamps
0:00 Urban Planning Support
0:15 Safer bike lanes
0:37 How does the NYC Subway compare to others worldwide?
1:26 The pros and cons of rent control policy
2:33 Sorry, Boston drivers
2:56 Green Singapore
3:43 …featuring the best airport in the world
4:29 P A R I S
5:09 Smart cities
5:39 Car go vroom
6:24 Converting empty offices into housing
7:30 The challenges facing urban planners of tomorrow
8:17 Library Late Nites
8:50 Why pay tolls?
9:49 How to survive summer Dubai heat
10:49 “Fixing” Los Angeles traffic?“

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopRapingNature
#EducateYourself on #ClimateBreakDown

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