Solar and wind are paying off!!!
06.03.2026 18:57
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Solar and wind are paying off!!!
I think the main point of two exits isn't about how fast people can get out, it's about trying to ensure that if one exit is blocked by fire, you can go the opposite way.
It's interesting how almost all of these CLT buildings are subsidized housing. The regular commercial market rate buildings tend to be concrete.
Mass timber is a hell of a lot more fire resistant than wood frame construction. But I suspect that it'll be a passing trend. Not because of fire danger, but just because they'll proved to not age well, and it'll never be as economic as standard concrete construction.
Now the US!
All apartment buildings in Spain are single stair. But none of them are built of wood as well.
Shit like this are why I left the Sierra Club years ago.
Every time I go back to the states from my home in Spain I'm always struck by how torn up the pavement is, and how impoverished looking the paving materials and street furniture are. I know not to expect anything good from US public transit.
I'm all for bringing a hammer down on drunk drivers, but I think it kinda ignores the facts that all driving is inherently dangerous and the real problem is that we've built a country that basically forces people to drive. It'd be easier to be strict about it if there were other options.
Tire dust is a significantly larger source of particulate pollution than tailpipes, and it's packed full of very harmful chemicals. EVs are only marginally better than ICEs in terms of local air pollution, but they are much better in terms of greenhouse gas. The dirty snow it all particulate.
There's a superilla centered at Zamora and Almogavers. Girona is superilla too.
You should look up the data on tire dust. It's a much bigger part of the picture than people realize, especially in terms of particulate in urban settings.
That map has pins in places that aren't really superillas, and is missing places that are.
More EVs really is not the solution. A lot of those toxic chemicals and particulate come off the tires.
This will be a disaster for people who want safer roads. Half measures implemented temporarily will have very poor results, which will just end up giving support for doing nothing.
Crazy conspiracy mongering isn't limited to one party, it seems.
Not to mention: great streets for walking and biking, great architecture, and traffic/noise/air pollution are have been going down for years. I love it here!
A street near my house, from the '70's to now:
urbanity.one/t/barcelona-...
I'm so happy I left the US!
Why are you posting a 3-year-old article?
The board game library at Glories seems really popular. Nobody's on their phone!
La biblioteca de jocs de taula de Glories sembla molt popular. Ningú no té el mòbil!
I have never heard of a city transit system that closes on Sundays! How do people get around?
4 wheel cargo bike.
I'm seeing a lot of delivery service cargo bikes in my neighborhood.
If it really did something significant it would cost money and it wouldn't be bipartisan.
Why treat wheelchairs differently than slow bike riders?
There are a hell of a lot of cargo bikes running around my neighborhood, used for by commercial delivery, mostly food I think. And almost all of them are just regular e-bikes with a giant box mounted on the back. I'm guessing they know best how to configure a cargo bike.
When planners and politicians get involved in architectural design the result is always bad.
Live with change, it's good.
A 4x12 room would be a hallway!
...but two hours of pushing broom
Buys a eight by 12 four-bit room
I'm a man of means, by no means...
Looksist, fat shaming.