This week, car bloat, car dependency and wellbeing... #carsick #placemaking #annazivarts #manualforstreets www.linkedin.com/posts/aliis-...

Let’s face it, there are lots of reasons why we should get on two wheels… so why don’t we?

#cyclinguk #myrideourright #cycling #women #ltn120 #placemaking #nppf #manualforstreets #paris #streetsforkidscitiesforall

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It’s about time that active travel was given an equal helping of funding to bring it in line with road and rail.

Here’s to safer streets for all!

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#activetravel #walking #cycling #waronthemotorist #manualforstreets

Are there enough women in the placemaking professions to push the agenda for women-centric streets or are we just going to end up with more DMRB nonsense?

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#placemaking #activetravelengland #vawg #manualforstreets #mfs3 #nppf #vawgstrategy #paris

Motonormativity invites isolation and intimidation. Designing specifically for women invites safer streets for everyone else.

Find out more in this week’s Sketch…

#urbandesign #womenssafety #manualforstreets #equalityact #motonormativity #placemaking #amirite #placemakers #nppf #urbandesigngroup

We know 20mph limits save lives. But how does this tie in to the government’s plans for “well-connected, well-designed, sustainable and attractive” new towns?

Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#20mph #urbandesigngroup #newtowns #manualforstreets #pedestrians #cyclists #motonormativity

Has motonormativity made us so detached from reality we are no longer interested in offering our neighbours and communities a little basic civility?
#20mph #philjones #welshgovernment #wrexham #finland #manualforstreets #activetravel #equalityact #pedestrians #cyclists #speedlimits #motonormativity

To help the NHS get people active we must now decide to put pedestrians, wheelers and cyclists first no matter how painful that might be to drivers
#ltn120 #DMRB #manualforstreets #pedestrians #cyclists #shareduse #activetravel #activetravelengland

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✅ Investing in good design will increase the value of your scheme! Find out how in this week’s Sketch...

#placemaking #urbandesign #urbandesigners #officeforplace #urbandesigngroup #udg #manualforstreets #walking #cycling #nowheresville

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This week, can you give me 1,213,385 reasons not to become a flaneur?
#walking #motonormativity #pavementparking #carspreading #creativity #flaneur #manualforstreets
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This week: Toddlers, the French and 10,000 Parking Spaces

A challenge for you: imagine you're 95cm tall, the height of a healthy 3-yr-old. How would you approach placemaking in your city?

#urbandesign #streets #manualforstreets #whittingtonestate #jangehl #hammersmithbridge #cycling #placemaking

Why are highways authorities able to continue using outdated guidance when this puts vulnerable road users at unnecessary and potentially fatal risk?
#placemaking #janejacobs #jangehl #manualforstreets #urbandesigngroup #udg #LTN1/20 #nationaldesignguide #nationalmodeldesigncode #gearchange #NPPF

It's here, it's here! My new project is now up and running! Enjoy:
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#manualforstreets #sharedspace #urbandesign #kensingtonhighstreet #ashfordringroadproject #exhibitionroad #poynton #fountainplace #theurbansketchwriter