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Ingrained car culture is causing nuisance on city’s roads leaving pedestrians and traffic wardens fearing for their safetyIt was once proudly known as motor city, the UK’s home of the kind of postwar construction labelled “carchitecture” for embracing …
Ingrained car culture is causing nuisance on city’s roads leaving pedestrians and traffic wardens fearing for their safetyIt was once proudly known as motor city, the UK’s home of the kind of postwar construction labelled “carchitecture” for embracing …
Denser neighborhoods with more amenities were associated with lower rates of obesity-related cancers in women.Living in more walkable neighborhoods can lower the rate of obesity-related cancers in women, a new study found.Living in a densely populated …
Italian city launches crackdown in attempt to make more homes available for locals amid housing crisisEurope live – latest updatesFlorence, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations, has banned new short-term residential lets on platforms such a…
Campaigners fighting to save the Ringway Centre say removing it would be ‘devastating assault on city’s postwar heritage’A brutalist landmark in the centre of Birmingham, described as an outstanding example of the city’s postwar “carchitecture”, is set…
Thinktank Create Streets calls for people to be allowed to grow plants and trees in barren urban areasA right to plant and grow trees and other greenery in public spaces should be given to people across Britain, an adviser to Michael Gove has said.Nich…
Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisisNeedlessly wide roads should be torn up and replaced with boulevards of new housing, a thinktank led by the UK government’s most senior u…
Electric scooter rental experiment in French capital ends after 5 years of controversyParis will become the first European capital to ban rented electric scooters on Friday, as the city hall vowed to “calm down” the streets.Five years after Paris becam…
Beside the obvious environmental benefits, one of the key questions for those following the expansion of the scheme is whether it adds up financiallyThe controversial expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) on Tuesday will be watched close…
Chelsea flower show organisers hope Manchester event will reach more would-be gardeners living in small spacesThe UK’s first entirely indoor flower show, aimed at people in urban areas with little to no outdoor space, is to be put on by the Royal Horti…