21st Century City

@urbanthoughts11

Urban Planner (MSc) & Designer (BSc). Political consultant @ 🇩🇰 Cyclists’ Fed. & . Personal views.

København, Danmark
Joined April 2016
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  1. 8 hours ago

    "If you want 80 km/h in cities, ride subways. If you want 40 km/h in cities, ride a bus. If you want 20 km/h in cities, ride a bike. If you want 7,5 km/h in cities, walk or drive a car. ... The average speed of a car Manhattan is 7,5 km/h." -

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  2. Oct 16

    Pwetty awesome vehicle

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  3. Oct 15

    Commuting by car in a crowded city 🚗 🚗 🚗

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    Oct 12

    What the Street!? is back after down for a year! New easy URL: - Explore the massive urban spaces wasted for 🚗🚗🚗 (1000 thx to for crucial reboot help)

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  5. Oct 15

    The entire town of Svaneke 🇩🇰 is a 40 km/h zone. One step in the right direction!

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    Oct 14

    Let me brag a little: Italy completed the electrification of its trunk mainline network by **check notes** the end of the 1960s. Five decades ago. It would have been even a decade earlier if it weren't for the war. 😎

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    23 Sep 2019
    Replying to

    , Dodger Stadium edition: Venice, Amsterdam, and Shibuya all at the same scale.

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    Jan 31

    When you need a stadium parking lot so big that you could fit 10 stadiums in it, you're doing something wrong on a regional scale. Dodger Stadium, LA, via Tim Smight

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  9. Oct 14

    Reminding the new neighbours

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  10. Oct 13

    Rønne (pop. 14,000), Bornholm 🇩🇰

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    Oct 13

    Every km cycled saves Danish society €1 - transport minister explains why investing heavily in makes economic sense for Denmark

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  12. Oct 12

    Most cities are just a 1970s version of Amsterdam … your city can change too

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    Oct 12

    This beautifully situated new bicycle track between Mariager (pop 2,539) and Assens (pop 1,436) has made 71% of locals cycle more than they used to, according to a locally conducted survey. Photos: Thomas Rud via Trafik & Veje:

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  14. Oct 12

    Map of the Mississippi River watershed

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  15. Oct 12

    The future of city logistics via @Loki98994210

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  16. Oct 11

    Loved drawing these as a child

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  17. Oct 11

    Using a method as subtle as us who drew maps at age 8 did

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    Replying to @ChittiMarco @giulio_mattioli
    Here is how a team of architects, on French Tv in 1962, proposed to make a better Paris so that there would be no more traffic jams. It's not subtitled but you'll get the idea very clearly !
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    Oct 10

    Let me engage in the "EU-vs-US-at-the-same-scale" comparison in a slightly different manner, hopefully more informative about the different trajectories car-dominated planning took in the postwar years Because the problem is not only how many freeways the US built, but how 🧵

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  19. Oct 10

    Did you know that continental South America is situated east of Michigan? Via

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  20. Oct 10

    On the bucket list for next trip to 🇳🇱

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    That was fun! Maastunnel, Rotterdam:
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