We must rethink our preconceptions. The @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social 15 minute concept of density & fine grain mixed use is an incredibly useful lens to review things -while town and city are not the same, large zones of retail and large zones of residential kill off centres. bsky.app/profile/mole...

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“…a new generation of practitioners, like Brent Toderian and Carmen Santana, who are adapting these approaches to different cultural and geographical contexts.” Thanks to good friend and city champion @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social for the shout-out to other leading urban thinkers around the world!

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“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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With #Halloween coming up, let’s all remember the “Trick-Or-Treat Test!” “Kids know when a neighborhood is good for getting candy because there's a lot of doors near each other…I call it door density.” “Halloween reveals a lot about good neighborhood design every day.” My @npr.org interview:

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Merci à @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social et à la chance des synchronisations pour ce très rapide croisement à Paris sur nos parcours planétaires. Ce sera un grand bonheur de creuser cette piste de doctorat avec lui sur l’accélération de la transformation de rues commerçantes et leur milieu de proximité.

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