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Bike racks are now being used as hostile architecture in Portland, Oregon

Archinect

The city's homeless encampment reporting system shows that members of the public have repeatedly reported campers on the sidewalk that's now dotted with bike racks […] The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), which regulates sidewalk use and bike rack installation, said the new racks were completely off their radar.

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European Commission prioritises cyclists and pedestrians in cities for "first time in history"

Deezen

If passed, the Efficient and Green Mobility package would require the 424 largest cities in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to hash out sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) centred on these kinds of "active mobility" modes by 2025. The package includes four proposals aimed at decarbonising the European transport system.

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Ways To Safely Hazardous Materials Transportation

The Architecture Designs

So, let’s go through what dangerous products and hazmat materials are and how transportation firms may appropriately manage these items and materials. So, let’s go through what dangerous products and hazmat materials are and how transportation firms may appropriately manage these items and materials.

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American Housing Month – June 2023 Is Here!!!

Aric Gitomer Architect

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition , over 7 million extremely low-income households in the US spend more than half of their income on housing, leaving little for other basic needs like food, healthcare, and transportation. Many homes in the US were built decades ago and are in need of repairs or renovations.

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19 industry groups team to promote resilient planning and building materials

BD+C

Leaders of America’s design and construction industry – along with building owners and operators - for the first time have agreed to promote resilience in contemporary planning, building materials, design, construction and operational techniques as the solution to making the nation’s aging infrastructure more safe and secure.

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Placemaking Pitfall

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Viewed by both designers and departments of transportation as an inexpensive way to improve the public realm, street murals that embellish or sometimes even replace traditional crosswalks have become staples in the placemaking playbook. Photo courtesy Better Bankside. FROM THE APRIL 2022 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.

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"Design can do more to reduce the built environment's capacity for enabling misogyny"

Deezen

By making improvements to public transport, lighting and sanitation in urban spaces, inroads could be made towards making places safer for women and girls, thereby enhancing their physical and social mobility. Which brings me neatly onto the issue of law enforcement and women's safety.