“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons why everyone should want more walkable streets & cities, in Fast Company:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets
#cities #walking #walkablecities #urbanism
@porsupah Beautiful! Sad it's melting into slush already but it was magic
@acousticmirror "Unionized In The Butt And Now Everyone Is Safer, Happier And Better Paid" is an important work in the field.
We must show solidarity with all workers, regardless of if they're hot shirtless triceratops or not.
Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
lo-fi beats to wilt by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0
My country has fucking lost the plot.
@sonushka I'll note two things:
1. kitsch beats camp by a wide margin.
2. The meme option always wins
@celesteh I saw that it was written by Johann Hari, whose plagiarism and lies stripped him of any credibility, and decided not to read it. I'm surprised that the Graun chose to work with him.
@celesteh Sorry babe, I'm fundamentally a social media lurker
@celesteh @epilanthanomai On the internet, no-one knows you are an elaborate fake spouse...
@celesteh Greetings, spouse!
Journalist, Russianist, silly person. Mostly a social media lurker. She/her