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cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/upliftingnews@lemmy.world/t/1159192

has a pretty promotional copy tone but it's great to see so much urbanism can be done with the willpower

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/21894775

Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee approved a motion that could lay the foundation for ending harmful parking requirements for new development.

This could lead to developers right-sizing parking based on what makes sense for a specific project, instead of current one-size-fits-all city codes that apply to both the urban core and far-flung suburbs. Eliminating city parking requirements does not mean that all, or even most, new development will have no parking. It means that parking will be tailored to specific needs for each project.

Many Streetsblog readers know that parking mandates increase housing costs, including rents. Experts term these generally outdated excessive requirements a pseudoscience. Eliminating parking requirements is good for walkability, housing (quantity, affordability, and streamlining approvals), and climate.

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I'm sure some of you have seen it, but for anyone in North America I think this is a must watch, you'll never see parking the same way again. What do you all think about it?

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This video does a decent job trying to "define" urbanism, which is an umbrella term. When I try to think of how I define it, I get a lot of things I like that come to mind: transit, walkability, social spaces, but I have a hard time "defining" it. So, what does it mean to you?

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/urbanism@lemmy.world

This is a space to explore and share ideas about how we shape the towns and cities we live in. Here we'll be making a place where we can openly discuss urban planning for not only large cities but also our small towns - including but not limited to transit, green spaces, walkability, traffic, and anything related to living in an urban environment.

Many of you already know me, I'm Scrubbles, passionate about Urbanism and excited to see what we can do with this community.

I welcome all posts about Urbanism - videos about it, articles, open questions, whatever you may like!

Minor housekeeping, rules will come as they are needed, my big two are "Don't be a dick" - meaning discussion is welcome and arguments are fine, but I don't tolerate personal attacks, and keep posts on target. Obviously these will evolve with the community.

Hopefully this will be my only "announcement" style post, but felt like we should kick it off somewhere. Welcome!

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submitted 11 months ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/urbanism@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342

This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking.

I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack.

Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!

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Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment. Wikipedia

Welcome to /c/Urbanism, a place to discuss modern theories about towns and cities. Concepts here can include (but are not limited to) green spaces, transit, walkability, city finances, anything related to increasing wellbeing in urban spaces.

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