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good traffic

By: Brad Biehl
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  • good traffic is a workshop for walkable urban design in the U.S. Join a prolific collective of city and community leaders as we look to brand American urbanism. New audio, every Tuesday.
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  • 45 / Duality of space.

    45 / Duality of space.
    Jun 26 2024
    On inefficiency of single-use spaces. Questioning the norm of planning for exceptions rather than the rule. Cities and individuals make choices based on rarer needs, leading to underutilized spaces. In homing differing usages in one space — like a morning coffee shop turning into a bar at night, or a parking lot hosting a farmer's market — we can deduplicate resources, overhead, and infrastructure. We discuss: 00:00 Shared space. 01:46 Decision-making for the exception, vs. the rule. 06:29 Examples of shared spaces, and deduplicating resources and infrastructure. 10:54 On Stoa. 13:54 Combining retail-specific spaces. 17:52 Upcoming topics and conversation. Further context: On Stoas (via Sidewalk Labs).
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    22 mins
  • 44 / Permaculture in your city / with Kev Polk

    44 / Permaculture in your city / with Kev Polk
    Jun 21 2024

    Kev Polk — founder of Edenicity — is in good traffic this week discussing a permacultural approach to urbanism. This is: ecologically sound cities that provide housing, food, energy, and transportation in a cohesive system. Kev shares his path from space exploration to realizing the importance of localized systems and cities in addressing environmental crises. Kev emphasizes the potential for greater freedom and convenience (the American wishlist) through thoughtful urban design and holistic planning.



    We discuss:

    00:00 Welcome to the new studio.

    00:21 On Edenicity as a concept.

    01:24 Permaculture and urban planning.

    02:12 From space exploration to permaculture.

    03:38 Cities as the solution to environmental issues.

    05:01 Opportunities in urban permaculture.

    11:57 Examples of successful urban permaculture.

    20:45 Holistic system design, governance, and execution.

    28:54 Lessons from the roundabout project in Bloomington, Indiana.

    29:48 Experiences in Ohio.

    31:22 Tiny house community roadblocks.

    36:13 Promoting abundance and freedom, instead of austerity.

    42:22 Fake green vs. real green.

    46:38 EV specticism.

    48:42 Wrapping up.



    Further context:

    Edenicity on YouTube.

    Biophilic building design in Singapore (via Summer Rayne Oakes).

    Electric vehicles by state (via Exploding Topics).



    Connect with Kev:

    On Youtube.



    Connect with me, Brad:

    On Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    51 mins
  • 43 / Overparked (part one of many).

    43 / Overparked (part one of many).
    Jun 19 2024

    On the hobby of spot-checking availability in nearby parking garages, and American driving and parking data.



    We discuss:

    00:00 Counting unused parking spots in downtown Columbus, Ohio. 00:27 Parking garage supply and demand. 01:47 Reevaluating urban land use. 02:44 U.S. parking data. 03:57 Parking case study: Des Moines, Iowa. 06:09 Larger implications of car-centric infrastructure. 11:11 Personal finance and transportation costs. 14:46 Coming Thursday: Kev Polk (Edenicity).



    Further context:

    Number of parking spots, compared to cars on the road in the U.S. (via Fast Company).

    The parking density of American cities (via Bloomberg CityLab).

    Cities' 'parking scores' (via Parking Reform Network).

    Average car ownership count by household (via Forbes).

    Average American household size (via Statistica).
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    16 mins
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