In Mexico for another few days, so expect more thoughts on these recent posts once I am back.
My previous post presented the competing forces of a) the erosion of the city by automobiles and b) the attrition of automobiles by the city.
In her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacob's goes on to advocate piecemeal -- or evolutionary rather than revolutionary -- urban improvements. This piecemeal approach is not only supported by other seminal planning/design texts -- e.g., A Pattern Language -- but is also seen in many real-life examples used here on MVB:
- Copenhagen reducing parking by 2-3% per year since the 1960s.
- NYC street closures and trial-and-error projects.
- Many cities having street closures on particular days of the week/year before fully pedestrianizing a street.
Anyways, this video is another example of both piecemeal attrition of automobiles as well as inexpensive, trial-and-error projects.
I will use this video, again, when talking about bettering Shelbourne, next week.
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