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Today #Amsterdam starts a transition experiment of 6 weeks that reclaims a car dominated street as public space.
There are already some important lessons about the importance of language. 1/🧵
There are already some important lessons about the importance of language. 1/🧵
The Weesperstraat has been seen as important link for car traffic to get in and out central Amsterdam for four decades.
Businesses fear for their accessibility & refer to the street as 'an artery'. Invoking the classic metaphor of cities as bodies, car traffic as blood . 2/🧵
Businesses fear for their accessibility & refer to the street as 'an artery'. Invoking the classic metaphor of cities as bodies, car traffic as blood . 2/🧵
This blinds us to why and how cities have always functioned as places for human interaction.
Instead of continuous pumping, a good city street constantly entices you to slow down, stop and linger to enjoy the public life around you.
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Instead of continuous pumping, a good city street constantly entices you to slow down, stop and linger to enjoy the public life around you.
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