Primeiro commute na "Gestrudes"
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Hoje foi o primeiro dia que levei a nova bicicleta para o meu commute no
trabalho, com a adicionante de ter levado a filha à pendura para ir pa(...)
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Roads Need to be Shared, Not Monopolized by Cars
Traffic Calming: Postcards from London from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
"We often hear the excuse that there's simply not enough space to accomodate drivers and cyclists & pedestrians. But is that true? When it comes to lack of space, many areas of London, UK, are hard to beat, yet as the video above demonstrates, it is more than possible to share the road. Many traffic-calming measures are necessary to make them safe for non-drivers, but that brings many other side benefits (it's an incentive for more people to take public transit inside the city)."
Fonte:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/tips-from-london-on-how-to-share-roads-calm-traffic-video.php
Atravessar a Av. de Roma. Blog Menos Um Carro
"Cidades anti-peão: nem os cruzamentos do centro se safam
Fonte:
http://menos1carro.blogs.sapo.pt/180715.html
Finalmente fiz um video sobre um problema que existem em quase todos os cruzamentos das nossas cidades. Um problema invisível a todos, mesmo a quem se preocupa com os peões. Quando um cruzamento é desenhado, ele é pensado de modo a minimizar o tempo de espera dos automobilistas. Só depois se pensa no peão, e inventa-se uns percursos para ele atravessar o cruzamento. Pouco importa se o percurso é longo e tem muitas esperas.
o vídeo tenho um exemplo de um cruzamento muito simples, uma avenida estreita com uma rua secundária de um só sentido, numa zona muito comercial de Lisboa. Em alguns casos, o peão tem que esperar por 3 semáforos diferentes para atravessar apenas uma via. O automóvel nunca espera mais de um semáforo. Vejam o video que diz tudo."
Fonte:
http://menos1carro.blogs.sapo.pt/180715.html
Fixing the Great Mistake: Autocentric Development
""Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today.
In this episode, Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White shows how planning for cars drastically altered Park Avenue. Watch and see what Park Avenue used to look like, how we ceded it to the automobile, and what we need to do to reclaim the street as a space where people take precedence over traffic."
Fonte:
In this episode, Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White shows how planning for cars drastically altered Park Avenue. Watch and see what Park Avenue used to look like, how we ceded it to the automobile, and what we need to do to reclaim the street as a space where people take precedence over traffic."Fonte:
Plantar uma árvore - CASAL VENTOSO
13 de Março, Sábado – 10:00
"Depois da incursão no Parque Natural de Sintra Cascais, que correu muito bem, voltamos a Lisboa para a nossa 3ª iniciativa. Desta vez não vamos a Monsanto, vamos sim ao outro lado da rua no limite do carismático bairro de Campo de Ourique. A plantação irá acontecer na actualmente despida encosta do Casal Ventoso.
Esta iniciativa tem várias características que a tornam interessante:
- É a primeira em ambiente urbano (ou semi-urbano);
- Vamos plantar cerca de 10 espécies diferentes;
- Casal Ventoso tem uma conotação negativa, vamos levar um pouco de energia verde positiva e contribuir para a mudança desta conotação;
- É uma zona diária de passagem (Viaduto Duarte Pacheco, Av. Ceuta, Eixo Norte-Sul, etc), os participantes terão o privilégio de acompanhar muito de perto o crescimento das suas árvores.
As espécies a plantar são as seguintes:
- Alfarrobeira
- Cipreste-comum
- Cipreste-de-monterey
- Lódão-bastardo
- Olaia
- Pinheiro-manso
- Romanzeira
- Sobreiro
- Zambujeiro
A CMLisboa é novamente nossa parceira, para além das árvores, disponibiliza o apoio idêntico ao que foi dado anteriormente, isto é, fornecimento e transporte das plantas, fornecimento das ferramentas e o necessário apoio logístico.
O terreno é mais acidentado do que os anteriores, o que requer maiores precauções, os mais pequeninos plantarão mais perto da base da encosta.
Temos a intenção de formalizar uma associação, que dê um corpo mais consistente a este projecto, pensamos que esta iniciativa será o terceiro e último primeiro passo na criação da base que permite avançar com a formalização. Neste momento o projecto conta com cerca de 2000 fãs no facebook e uma base de 800 participantes nas duas primeiras iniciativas.
Pretendemos que participem amigos, pais, filhos, avós, tios, primos, sobrinhos, colegas de trabalho e de escola, vizinhos e conhecidos, reunindo novamente cerca de 500 pessoas (cada participante irá plantar 2 árvores).
As razões que nos movem são muitas, tentámos resumi-las, para as conhecer clique aqui.
Proximidade, Participação e Preocupação Ambiental são alguns dos conceitos que este grupo pretende partilhar, imprimindo mudança e inovação social e mostrando que essa mudança pode e deve vir também dos cidadãos.
Estamos convictos de que é muito simples replicar esta iniciativa ou mesmo aplicá-la numa escala nacional em parcerias com outras Câmaras Municipais como foi feito em Lisboa, Monsanto em Novembro e em Cascais em Janeiro.
Contamos com a sua participação, inscreva-se, participe, divulgue, cada pessoa conta!"
Formulário de inscrição (aqui).
Local da iniciativa (mapa).
Fonte:
http://www.plantarumaarvore.org/sobre.aspx
Jaime Lerner on Making Curitiba’s First Pedestrian Street
by Elizabeth Press on July 7, 2009
"This is the third installment of videos from Brazil. Demonstrating again how Curitiba Brazil was 35+ years in front of our NYC livable streets curve, this video is about a street transformation.
Former Mayor and founder of Bus Rapid Transit, Jaime Lerner sat down with me during my visit to discuss how and why he made the first pedestrian street in the middle of downtown Curitiba.
Rua XV de Novembro (15th of November Street) is a vital artery through downtown Curitiba. In 1972 under the direction of then Mayor Jaime Lerner, it became the first major pedestrian street in Brazil. The first phase of closing the street to automobiles and opening it to people took place in only 72 hours. The pedestrian plaza spans 15 blocks, and although it was initially unpopular, it is now a central meeting spot and the epicenter of local businesses in the center of Curitiba."
Fonte:
http://www.streetfilms.org/jaime-lerner-on-making-curitibas-first-pedestrian-street/
"This is the third installment of videos from Brazil. Demonstrating again how Curitiba Brazil was 35+ years in front of our NYC livable streets curve, this video is about a street transformation.
Former Mayor and founder of Bus Rapid Transit, Jaime Lerner sat down with me during my visit to discuss how and why he made the first pedestrian street in the middle of downtown Curitiba.
Rua XV de Novembro (15th of November Street) is a vital artery through downtown Curitiba. In 1972 under the direction of then Mayor Jaime Lerner, it became the first major pedestrian street in Brazil. The first phase of closing the street to automobiles and opening it to people took place in only 72 hours. The pedestrian plaza spans 15 blocks, and although it was initially unpopular, it is now a central meeting spot and the epicenter of local businesses in the center of Curitiba."
Fonte:
http://www.streetfilms.org/jaime-lerner-on-making-curitibas-first-pedestrian-street/
Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World
by Elizabeth Press on March 31, 2009
"Curitiba, Brazil first adopted its Master Plan in 1968. Since then, it has become a city well known for inventive urban planning and affordable (to the user and the city) public transportation.
Curitiba's Bus Rapid Transit system is the source of inspiration for many other cities including the TransMilenio in Bogotá, Colombia; Metrovia in Guayaquil, Ecuador; as well as the Orange Line of Los Angeles.
This video illustrates how Curitiba's public transportation system operates and the urban planning and land use principles on which it is based, including an interview with the former Mayor and architect Jaime Lerner. Current city employees also discuss the improvements that are being made to the system to keep it up to date and functioning at the capacity of a typical subway system. Curitiba is currently experimenting with adding bypassing lanes on the dedicated BRT routes and smart traffic lights to prioritize buses. They are even constructing a new line which will have a linear park and 18km of bike lane that parallels the bus transit route."
Fonte:
http://www.streetfilms.org/curitibas-brt/
Making Streets Safer for Seniors by Elizabeth Press
"Transportation Alternatives' Safe Routes for Seniors campaign started in 2003 to encourage senior citizens to walk more by improving their pedestrian environment. Funded by the New York State Department of Health's Healthy Heart program, this was the first program of its kind to address the needs of elderly pedestrians.
In 2008, the City of New York launched its own Safe Streets for Seniors initiative based on TAs Safe Routes for Seniors. Focusing on 25 areas with high senior pedestrian fatalities, this program is paving new ground. Yet, some including seniors not in these zones are asking, is it enough? Stats released by Transportation Alternatives show that:
* People aged 65 years and older make up 12% of the population, yet they comprised 39% of New York City's pedestrian fatalities between 2002 and 2006.
* The fatality rate of senior pedestrians is 40 times greater than that of child pedestrians in Manhattan.
This video is an overview of what Transportation Alternatives, New York State Department of Health, NYC DOT, community groups, and elected officials are doing to promote safe streets for seniors."
Fonte e video:
http://www.streetfilms.org/page/2/
Bike Parking Respect in Chicago: McDonald’s Cycle Center
"Chicago's Millennium Park hosts of one of the most incredible amenities for cyclists in the United States: McDonald's Cycle Center. So sit back and take a most excellent tour with Bike And Roll's Josh Squire, who manages the facility through an agreement with the city.
It's enough to make bike commuters in many cities drool. The center boasts state-of-the-art showering facilities, secure bicycle parking for 300, a repair station, towel service, is temperature-controlled, and features the constant presence of the Chicago Lakefront Police bike patrol, which shares the facility and maintains its bikes on site. The station is extremely popular, with 500 members at a time and a waiting list of eager riders ready to join. But even if you aren't a member you can still take advantage of the free bike parking, and mechanics are on duty to repair anyone's bikes seven days a week.
If you'd like to read more, the wikipedia entry on it is very in-depth."
Fonte:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/bike-parking-respect-in-chicago-mcdonalds-cycle-center/
Entrevista com Enrique Peñalosa
"As mayor of Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa accomplished remarkable changes of monumental proportions for the people of his country in just three years.
Peñalosa changed the way Bogota treated its non-driving citizens by restricting automobile use and instituting a bus rapid transit system which now carries a 1/2 million residents daily. Among other improvements: he widened and rebuilt sidewalks, created grand public spaces, and implemented over one hundred miles of bicycle paths.
TOPP Executive Director Mark Gorton discusses with Penalosa some of these transportation achievements and asks what the future could hold for NYC if similar improvements were made here."
Fonte:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/interview-with-enrique-penalosa-long/
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