16 Min.
09: On Lost Opportunities Livable Low-carbon City
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Our cities are full of ghost projects. Lost opportunities. Potentialities that could have prioritized safe streets or public health. Transit station with homes for cars, instead of a neighborhood for people. Streets that prioritize speeding cars, instead of safety and sustainable mobility. But the reality of our cities, at least in the U.S. – is that we don’t realize those opportunities. Often, these ghost projects were eliminated or watered down to preserve single family zoning or ...
Our cities are full of ghost projects. Lost opportunities. Potentialities that could have prioritized safe streets or public health. Transit station with homes for cars, instead of a neighborhood for people. Streets that prioritize speeding cars, instead of safety and sustainable mobility. But the reality of our cities, at least in the U.S. – is that we don’t realize those opportunities. Often, these ghost projects were eliminated or watered down to preserve single family zoning or ...
16 Min.