This Big City on tumblr is your source for ideas that can make cities better. It is curated by Joe Peach and Lucas Lindsey.
Joe founded This Big City in 2009. He is a Marketing professional and works in one of London's most sustainable buildings.
Lucas is an urbanist, futurist, and blogger. He's the child of a suburban nation, but born again believer in an urban future. He lives in Tallahassee, USA.
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That’s a lot of grass. Just imagine what could be done with all that space!
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Read more facts on cycling in the UK right here.
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OK, so no one actually counted them all…
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After spending €15bn on over 2,000 new trains, The French train operator SNCF discovered they were too wide for thousands of platforms across the country. Those platforms are now being remodelled.
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And an average of 66,000 cars cross the border everyday too.
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This is the highest diversion rate of any major city in North America. San Francisco has set the goal of achieving zero waste, or sending nothing to the landfill or incineration, by the year 2020.
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Civic tech continues to grow, attracting investment and accelerating impact.
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What price are we willing to pay to over park and under value our cities?
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Not bad for a city of 134 square miles (215 square km). And Philadelphia is making it even easier to set up a farmers’ market, so expect that number to climb.
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That’s up from around 2 million in 2013.
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That rise in transit ridership outpaced a 20 percent growth in population and a 23 percent increase in vehicle miles traveled over the same time period.
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Every week, the city turns 120km of roads into car-free spaces, and around 2 million people take part.
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Amsterdam has an almost unique problem - the bicycle dominates its city. So much so that there is a shortage of parking around its popular Central Station and people often have to get creative.
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And yet they have extremely low rates of cycling related head injuries. Meanwhile, the US is among those countries that lead in both wearing helmets and head injuries. One of the main differences? Serious investments in cycling infrastructure, much of which is segregated or protected from auto traffic.
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