Tag: auto-centric
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Mayor Pave’s Green Paving, Shingling
Mayor Pave’s paving budget on a steep trajectory.
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Lucky in Paving
Mayor Pave celebrates the city’s pre-eminent paver going into retirement.
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Setting the Bar Low…
Setting the bar low on energy efficiency.
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Mayor Pave’s Latest Paving: Verona Rd & Beltline (Breathe Now, While You Still Can!
Mayor Pave’s latest paving project: the Verona Road/Beltline Interchange
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Paris from Medieval to Military Modern: Photo Art exhibit
“Napoleon III and Paris” photo exhibit @ Met–Interesting look the development of Paris from a Medieval city to a modern one. The take home message: Haussmann redesigned Paris to make it easier for the military to sweep through the city; Moses opened New York to motor vehicles. Both men destroyed entire neighborhoods in the process.…
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The MotorLESS City
NYT article “Bike Among the Ruins,” a re-imagining of Detroit as the MotorLESS City.
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Highway Bloatitecture: A Cancer on the City Center
What do Brussels, Madison, Atlanta, and Little Rock have in common? Highway-scaped Bloatitecture in the middle of the city.
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Mayor Pave Hogwild For Highways
Mayor Pave’s continuing pursuit pork and a more perfect Schaumburg.
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Mayor Pave: Keeping up with the Schaumburgs
Yet another auto-centric pave over of our countryside.
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Peak Oil and Places that Suck
Places that suck need massive inputs of concentrated energy to function. Right now, that concentrated form of energy tends to be oil. Oil feeds our deathmobiles which are the only means of access to places that suck. But the ride is getting rougher in those paved paradises, with higher prices here & yet higher prices…