Human Scale

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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.

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Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia will finally be completed in 2026 (edition.cnn.com)

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If you are one of the millions who plan to visit Japan in the coming months, do a tour only of the Castle Towns (城下町, jōkamachi). There's hundreds: most have preserved streets. (communick.news)

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Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to investment (momentummag.com)

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How fungi can be used to clean up pollution and fight climate change (www.bbc.com)

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Living with Self-Driving Cars (www.youtube.com)

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For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not. In this episode, I talk to Jon from the Twitch channel Bike Curious about what it's like to live in San Francisco, where autonomous vehicles are around you every single day and there's nothing you can do about it - except put a traffic cone on their hood.

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Pre-Permitted Plans Help Kalamazoo Bring Housing Back (www.strongtowns.org)

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Project Springtime (www.project-springtime.org)

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It's time to add friction to digital experiences (www.theregister.com)

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Where Do Infrastructure Projects Come From? (www.strongtowns.org)

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Suppose there were no street cars (kolektiva.social)

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Give Us Something to Look At - Why Ornaments in Architecture Matters (theamericanscholar.org)

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The Italian town of Lucca with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro, built on the remains of a Roman amphitheatre. (social.anoxinon.de)

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The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars (theconversation.com)

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Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing (www.cam.ac.uk)

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The 6 Zoning Reforms Every Municipality Should Adopt (www.strongtowns.org)

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Pick any street. Add a touch of dutch. See how it can be made livable again. (dutchcyclinglifestyle.com)

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Using AI to imagine how car-centric areas can be made attractive for people instead.

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The Japanese city that dominates street food – and no, it’s not Tokyo (edition.cnn.com)

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The German City with More Bikes than Cars (www.youtube.com)

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Let’s Make a Content! (scribe.citizen4.eu)

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“Content” emphasizes containers, not substance

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The Alluring City (wrathofgnon.substack.com)

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‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)

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Street Fight: Why We Should Fight the Good Fight for Happy, Healthy, and Beautiful Places (www.strongtowns.org)

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Don’t wage a war against drivers, but don’t wage a war for them, either.

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Instead of Talking About Speed Limits, Let’s Talk More About Stroads (cleantechnica.com)

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Pontevedra in Spain has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it. (www.fastcompany.com)

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Common garden weeds in Southern California (gregalder.com)

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