I truly wish I could persuade everyone in the US to watch this video -- a wonderfully clear explanation of why the US streetscape is so horrible & how it's possible to do better. Love ' videos.
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The unpleasant, inefficient "stroads" described in that video ... are basically all there is in north Seattle. They are *everywhere* -- cars trying to use them as arterials, even as they are lined with driveways & parking spaces. They suck for any/every purpose.
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I think about the drive north from the zoo up to about 85th, on Phinney/Greenwood. It's actually one of the better places in Seattle & it's still abysmal: cars wanna go fast, bikes squeezed in tiny side lanes next to opening car doors, pedestrians wandering out into the street...
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... somehow we've made it suck for everyone. It's unpleasant to drive, unpleasant to bike, unpleasant to walk. It doesn't serve any of its multiple purposes well. All because we simply can't imagine de-prioritizing cars, anywhere, no matter what. It's just unthinkable.
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Suggestive, but not convincing, to me. More assertions than supported arguments.
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Hi David would love to have you on our podcast to talk about this. We've even had of on before! Maybe we could cross post to Volts too?
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Happy to come on the pod but this is definitely not my main area of expertise -- I definitely won't know anything Chuck doesn't know!
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land use codes, building codes, energy codes all preventing climate adaptive, livable, low-carbon living - even in (and especially in) cities.
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thinking about this map showing ground temperatures at noon during last year's heat dome
and how the hottest areas are basically industrial areas (blue) and areas where multifamily housing is legal (green)
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148506/
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Much of Australia is just as bad. We have plenty of stroads down here.
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Often the "stroads" are state managed highways and local planners can do nothing about it since they are built and managed by the state. At least that's often the case in Oregon.
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