Pontevedra, Spain, eliminated car traffic in its center, achieving zero pedestrian deaths since 2009 and more unaccompanied child walkers.
Vehicle access limited to residents with garages, emergencies, deliveries; center traffic dropped 97%, from 80,000 to 7,000 vehicles daily.
German homes to get 3% pricier each year through 2028, squeezing affordability reut.rs/4rl1JzD
Whaty what what?!!!?? China wow...
20,000 x 1.5MW charging stations to be built by the end of the year.
The electricity is buffered in batteries to minimise grid impact.
carnewschina.com/2026/03/05/b...
Interesting radial plan for apartments in Bern by Fritschi Beis Architeture
The shape is designed around exist tree locations on the site. Deck access means every apartment can be easily cross ventilated.
Nice interiors too!
Yesterday, Oregon's legislature voted to ban underfunded inclusionary zoning from the Portland metro area.
It's a big turnaround, and I hope a path forward for other states too.
www.sightline.org/2026/03/05/o...
Fascinating housing layout in Zurich
8 connected blocks, each with three apartments. The layout means each living space is dual aspect, giving better access to light, views and ventilation.
By Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin
hirner und riehl w/ temporary mass timber hybrid housing for azubis (trainees)
prefab floors, walls, and bath modules. walls were delivered w/ ventilation systems, windows, and solar protection installed. damn.
www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...
The project covers Phase 1 infrastructure including roads, water distribution, sewerage, and power networks, with a 930-day construction timeline.
CEO Sunil Nair said the award reinforces Ramky’s focus on large-format projects as the debt-free firm targets further order book growth.
Ramky Infrastructure Limited signed an EPC contract worth Rs 1,401.84 crore with a government-backed entity for Dighi Port Industrial Area in Maharashtra.
The deal covers roads, water systems, power networks, and waste management under India’s Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor. (🇮🇳)
Five Australian projects shortlisted for Royal Institute of British Architects International awards | Architecture
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/515083/
For Angelo Candalepas, a building’s impact on the human experience is more important than its outward appearance. It’s…
The blades enable a rotor diameter of nearly 185 meters, designed to unlock wind energy at low- and medium-wind sites across India.
ANIL’s Mundra plant has a 2.25 GW annual blade capacity and plans phased expansion to 5 GW, with a long-term target of 10 GW.
Adani New Industries Limited, part of Adani Enterprises, is preparing to manufacture 91.2-meter onshore wind turbine blades — the longest ever made in India — at its Mundra, Gujarat facility.
“Looking at a 3-mile radius from the downtowns of 142 US cities, roughly 66,000 acres are consumed by highways — land representing an untapped development potential of more than half a trillion dollars…that fallow land equates to about $5.2 billion in foregone property tax revenue every year.”
China is testing a train that will go 280mph, making it the fastest conventional train in the world.
The US can't get its shit together to build a single new line.
POWERGRID now operates 290 substations and over 184,000 circuit-kilometers of transmission lines across India, according to company data.
The infrastructure links the Bhadla solar park region to the national grid via 765 kV lines, addressing delays that had caused significant renewable energy curtailment.
PM Modi on Monday inaugurated two POWERGRID transmission projects worth over ₹3,600 crore to evacuate solar power from Rajasthan. (🇮🇳)
The two transmission systems will channel solar power from the Bhadla region, home to one of the world’s largest solar parks, into India’s national grid.
Pontevedra, Spain, transformed its city center starting in 1999 under Mayor Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores by pedestrianizing over 300,000 square meters, banning through-traffic, removing on-street parking, and relocating parking to the outskirts.
Speed limits reduced to 30 km/h citywide, with traffic lights replaced by roundabouts and elevated pedestrian crossings.
Vehicle access limited to residents with garages, emergencies, deliveries; center traffic dropped 97%, from 80,000 to 7,000 vehicles daily.
Around 73-81% of children aged 6-12 now walk to school, with 29% unaccompanied, up significantly due to safer streets and programs like Road to School since 2010.
Pedestrian accidents fell from 69 in 1999 to 4 minor cases by 2013.
Pontevedra, Spain, eliminated car traffic in its center, achieving zero pedestrian deaths since 2009 and more unaccompanied child walkers.
Vehicle access limited to residents with garages, emergencies, deliveries; center traffic dropped 97%, from 80,000 to 7,000 vehicles daily.
QTWTAI...it was a crap idea and always was. Electricity is so much more efficient than hydrogen. It's where buses are headed globally
"If you look at the commercial and technical framework around hydrogen buses, they just don't work'.. It was a house built on sand"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A study published in Nature Climate Change found recent EV battery advances largely neutralize heat-driven degradation from climate change across 300 global cities.
Under 2°C warming, batteries made from 2019 to 2023 lose just 3% of lifespan on average, compared with 8% for older models made from 2010 to 2018.
Researchers cautioned the findings, modeled on the Tesla Model 3 and Volkswagen ID.3, may not fully apply to regions with older battery technologies.
All timber comes from a certified regional supply chain, emphasizing local material cycles and low‑impact, temporary cultural infrastructure that can be relocated or retired without ground disturbance.
Located in a small woodland clearing, the stage avoids visual competition with the surrounding landscape, maintaining an open relationship between performers, audience, and the hills beyond.
