The Right Everything Elses

My friend Mat as a sock monkey! (sorry for the phone picture)

atlurbanist:

The Health Threat of Car-oriented Places

massurban posts a cool article about a former CDC administrator who “has become one of the leading voices calling for better urban design for the sake of good health.”

Here’s a quote about Dr. Jackson’s epiphany while on Buford Highway:

On the side of the road he saw an elderly woman walking, bent with a load of shopping bags. It was a blisteringly hot day, and there was little hope that she would find public transportation.

At that moment, Dr. Jackson says, “I realized that the major threat was how we had built America.”

…Treatments could come in the form of pills, inhalers, and insulin shots, but real solutions had bigger implications. “More and more, I came to the conclusion that this is about how we build the world that we live in.”

Read the full article:
America’s Health Threat: Poor Urban Design

bikebiztokyo:

IMG_1181 by tehschkott on Flickr.

(via fuckyeahweirdbikes)

fyeahbassethounds:

Fluffy basset!

fyeahwrinklydogs:

Credit: puppy4sale

(via iamroyanthony)

explodingdog:

Crazy Monster prays for something.

I would honestly not at all be surprised if my friends started doing this. 

doctorwho:

You two have turns?!

(from “Bad Night” an extra from the Doctor Who Complete Series 6 DVD)

(Source: passrevoked)

(Source: fyeahbassethounds)

atlurbanist:

The land space devoted to parking in Midtown Atlanta

from humanscalecities:

Red Squares Indicate Land that is 100% Dedicated to Parking in Midtown Atlanta

This is a (maybe) extreme example, but it is very illustrative.

One of the conundrums of Atlanta.

Central Midtown and Downtown have the most ped-friendly street grids in the city and the best transit access, with multiple bus routes and train stations. But thanks to the gulf of car infrastructure that is our city-dissecting interstate — together with the remnants of ill-conceived urban renewal schemes from the 70s and 80s — they’re also the areas in Atlanta most riddled with parking facilities.

These facilities stifle good urbanism by hindering walkability and streetscape vitality. I enjoy living in historic Downtown Atlanta and being able to walk places here. But I realize that the overall Downtown area would be more attractive to potential residents and more friendly to visitors if there weren’t so many blocks taken up by the faceless, soulless facades of parking decks and surface lots.

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