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How to make sustainable choices in everyday life
Identifying ways to reduce waste and conserve resources
Understanding the impact of human actions on the environment
Step 2
Reorganize directions of traffic.
- Strategically placed one-way streets
- Possible to drive in and out of the area, but not through it, eliminating transit traffic is the key to superblock design
- Bicycles and street-level public transit should be an exemption from this, of course
And with that, most of the work is already done!
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Step 4
Mixed traffic spaces
- If there are people around, drivers will be much more careful
- We now have space for bike lanes and restaurant terraces
- But most importantly: trees, which will keep the superblocks nice and cold during summer
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The solution?
One word: superblocks!
- Human-friendly areas of a city, where cars are treated as guests.
- Superblocks can solve all these issues by design.
Barcelona has been a trailblazer in this regard, it is a massive success. Vienna is also planning its first superblocks.
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And that's it!
Congratulations! You just made an entire district much more liveable.
- Most of the air pollution is now gone
- Streets are safe now, and you don't have to be afraid of getting run over
- The streets are nice and cold during the summer and heatwaves
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Urban Motorization's five main issues
- Noise pollution: we lost our right to peace and quiet through motorization
- Air pollution: can lower your IQ if you grow up in a polluted area
- Lack of space: streets used to be massive social spaces. now we use them for parkin...
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Step 1
Find an area delineated by major roads. This will be the location of the superblock.
- Ideally, it should have mixed zoning and public transit links that connect other parts of the city
- A metro or train station is the best, but trams and buses can also do the job
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Step 3
Limit parking for non-residents
- Pricing should disincentivize car ownership
- Pricing should take into count size and proportion
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