Moody Brutalist

Moody Brutalist

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Inveterate pedestrian, architect, lover of cities (particularly Barcelona) and transit enthusiast. (he, him)

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If they had these in Barcelona all the tickets would be issued to motorcycles and scooters. Si tinguessin aquestes a Barcelona, ​​totes les multes es farien per a motocicletes i escúters.

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Boston is considering noise cameras that detect excessively loud cars, capture their license plates, and send the owner a fine by mail.

youtu.beBoston could fine loud drivers with new noise cameras | How the technology worksYouTube video by Boston 25 News
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Barcelona should recover Tres Ulls, and make it the center of a new park. It's still there, but it was buried long ago. Barcelona hauria de recuperar els Tres Ulls i convertir-los en el centre d'un nou parc. Encara hi és, però va ser enterrat fa molt de temps.

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I'm taking a long flight to BC next week. The news is that there are a hundred wildfires burning there. The planet can't take any more GHGs. This will be my last flight until they invent zero-emissions planes. From now on I'll only go to places I can get to by train. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caNumber of wildfires in B.C. surges past 100 after barrage of lightning strikes | CBC NewsOn Wednesday morning the province's firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season so far, but as of Saturday morning there were 113 fires burning, including about ...
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Autobesity Hi hauria d'haver un impost sobre les vendes i una quota de matriculació anual vinculats directament a la mida del vehicle. També hi hauria d'haver requisits mínims de visibilitat des del seient del conductor.

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I just visited Toledo for the first time. It's an amazing place! Beautiful and historic! But for some reason they let cars roam all over it and park everywhere. You literally have to flee into door openings to get out of their way.

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I figure that the cars parked on my street in Barcelona take up about 30% of the space on the street belong to about 1% of the residents/employees/customers who are in the buildings on the block. 30% of the street space monopolized by 1% of the people. It must be worse in Toledo.

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In the US there's a real need for advocates to push for smaller, more nimble emergency vehicles. Fire department access requirements have made the streets wide, fast and dangerous. They've vetoed many proposed bike lanes and traffic calming efforts. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/26/f...

nyc.streetsblog.orgFDNY Brass Lobby Against Bronx Harlem River Greenway - Streetsblog New York CityFDNY officials are taking their war on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans to build bike lanes to a Bronx community board.
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Other countries have much, much smaller vehicles. I've read that medical motorcycles are being used that can get to emergencies in a fraction of the time of an ambulance and save lives.

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New bike lanes down the middle of Meridiana (in Barcelona) are coming along. Trees already planted. S'estan construint nous carrils bici al mig de Meridiana (a Barcelona). Ja hi ha arbres plantats.

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The board game library at Glories seems really popular. Nobody's on their phone! La biblioteca de jocs de taula de Glories sembla molt popular. Ningú no té el mòbil!

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This is a small part of the works for the new La Sagrera multimodal station. To the left is the train station, to the right is the metro, and the big hole in the middle is the main entry. Aquesta és una petita part de les obres de la nova estació multimodal de La Sagrera. #urbanism #barcelona

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This monumental axis passes through 5 buildings across three blocks. It should be open to the public and urbanized. Aquest eix monumental passa per 5 edificis repartits en tres blocs. Hauria d'estar obert al públic i urbanitzat. #urbanism #barcelona

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2)...It includes not only an intermodal station with high-speed, regional and commuter trains at 16 platforms, but also a new metro station, a big intercity bus terminal, rail barns for provisioning and maintenance, hotels, a separate train station for local service (Sant Andreu),...

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3) ... subsurface tunnels for direct access from the freeways at the edge of town, and parking, all covered over by a new 2.5 mile long park. This is integrated with urban redevelopment with 14 million sq ft of new housing/office/commercial space. That's 25,000 new residents and 30,000 jobs.

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Hidden gem in my workaday BCN neighborhood: Plaça de Masadas. Every evening the center of the plaza is filled with children running wild while their parents imbibe at the cafes that line the surrounding arcade. Joia amagada al meu barri de BCN habitual: Plaça de Masadas. #ubanism #barcelona

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Wrap your head around this: Spain is about 25% bigger than California in both population and area, but Spain has 2500 miles of high speed rail and California has none. Forth largest economy in the world my foot!!!

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New park in my hood that is important for two reasons: It provides new landscaping around a 1000-year-old farmhouse (Torre del Fang, seen covered in graffiti), and it's the first little bit of what will eventually be a 2.5 mile long park extending to the Besòs river. beteve.cat/societat/est...

beteve.catS'estrenen els Jardins de la Torre del Fang, amb un espai d'ús ciutadà i crítiques veïnalsS'han estrenat els Jardins de la Torre del Fang, que inclouen un espai ciutadà. Les associacions veïnals esperen ara la rehabilitació de la casa.
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BCN getting more bike friendly, cleaner, quieter and safer every day. Go bikes!!! BCN és cada dia més respectuosa amb les bicicletes, més neta, més silenciosa i més segura. Endavant amb les bicicletes!!! www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1...

npr.orgIt started with 5 families. Now hundreds are biking to school together in BarcelonaOn Fridays, kids and parents hop on their bikes and join the bicibús, or bike bus, traveling to three schools along its route. It promotes bike safety and environmentally friendly transportation.
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They've just planted some pretty huge trees at the new park that's going in 'round the corner. Their trunks look to be about 24" diameter. To the left is a thousand-year-old farm house (Torre del Fang) and background is a garden folly by Calatrava.

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