Daylighting (streams) (Habitat 
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Daylighting is the opening up and restoration of a previously buried watercourse, one which had at some point been diverted below ground. Typically, the rationale behind returning the riparian environment of a stream, wash, or river to a more natural above-ground state is to reduce runoff, create habitat for species in need o...
#California '#Daylighting' car parking law takes effect January 1, 2025 . Will radically eliminate 14,000 street #parking spaces in #SanFrancisco alone as CA's new regulations takes effect.
When I worked in downtown #Oakland it seemed like there was always a #USPS van in the #daylighting red zone on 19th at Franklin. I was reminded of this by seeing one and the same sort of red zone on Modoc at Solano in #Berkeley. I wonder if ticketing needs to be augmented by physical barriers (bulbouts, posts, etc.)
“Safety needs to be number one, because people are dying all the time,” Vitale said.
SF just lost 14,000 parking spaces. Here’s what to know
https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/10/san-francisco-loses-thousands-parking-spaces/
Turns out I was also on that site visit. Here are my photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/40227437@N00/albums/72177720307929883/with/52860504078
Excellent article by Emily Raboteau.
Nathan Kensigner and NYCH2O led a recent walk that showed the area from the street perspective but also got us to Van Cortlandt Park and the lake and the Indian Burial Ground.
#TibbettsBrook #Daylighting #TibbettsBrookDaylighting
#NathanKensinger #NYCH2O #MattMalina
This article is about Singapore but NYC is getting wetter and has a sinkhole problem. Hmmm. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/sinkholes-climate-change-increase-risk-survival-tips-safety-measures-4632846
RT @streetfilms Montreal has the best & most beautiful #Daylighting/#CurbExtensions in North America (maybe the world?)
Look at how clear the intersection is. And beautiful. Please nominate other cities/places [in the YouTube comments]! I need to know where I should gather more video/photos from other people!
CLICK TO WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcFrsxfjB1M
Intersection #daylighting with an extra shot of colour (Victoria, BC).
There were some fine examples of #Daylighting street corners in #WashingtonDC … still WAY too many car (not enough protected bike) lanes.
(How many cross-intersecting + x 6 lane roads does one town REALLY need?)
Still, the capital is looking better than the last time I was here.
The paint on the corners and the plastic bollard protection made this definitely more beautiful... and a bit safer, too.
Made me think of your street painting on 103rd @Iragersh
"#BuriedRivers flow under #CanadianCities, hidden in a labyrinth of tunnels and sewer pipes. Will we revive them or let the #waterways fade from memory?"
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2024/daylighting-rivers/
#urbanisme #RivièresUrbaines #RuisseauxUrbains #CoursDEau #débétonnisation #déminéralisation #villes #VillesCanadiennes #daylighting #verdissement #PolMun #Montréal #Toronto #Vancouver
#Toronto #Montreal #Vancouver #LostRivers #Daylighting absolutely gorgeous animations
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2024/daylighting-rivers/
Street parking was already scarce in #Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to 
end traffic fatalities.
For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: 
Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.
Mayor Ravi Bhalla was a City Council member in 2015 when a van struck 89-year-old Agnes Accera as she crossed Washington Street in the bustling downtown business district. Bhalla didn’t know Accera but attended her wake and said her death inspired him to push for better safety.
“I felt it wasn’t acceptable,” Bhalla said. “Our seniors, who we owe the greatest duty of safety to, should be able to pass that street as safely as possible. For her to actually be killed was a trigger that we needed to take action.”
Bhalla became mayor in 2018 and the city fully committed to #Vision #Zero: 
a set of guidelines adopted by numerous cities, states and nations seeking to eliminate traffic deaths. 
Proponents believe no accident is truly unavoidable and even want to do away with the word “accident” altogether when describing roadway fatalities.
#Sweden originated the concept more than a quarter-century ago, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete #Buttigieg touted Hoboken in 2022 when announcing his department would follow Vision Zero guidelines.
Major U.S. cities including #NewYork, #Minneapolis, #SanFrancisco, #Baltimore and #Portland, Oregon, have integrated aspects of the program into their safety plans,
including at least some form of #daylighting, the term for the removal of parking spaces near intersections to improve visibility.
#VisionZero #CarSafety
https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-daylighting-pedestrian-safety-007dec67706c1c09129da1436a3d9762
@BarbChamberlain Best wishes with the sprained knee healing. We feel ya on that, courtesy of gopher holes. :(
As for the line of sight when crossing as a pedestrian: you're reminding us of the blessing of a new California law, which prohibits the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within 20 feet of any unmarked or marked crosswalk.
San Francisco could become safer for pedestrians under new parking law - CBS San Francisco
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-could-be-come-safer-for-pedestrians-under-new-parking-law/
Must watch. Check out the safety improvements on Third Avenue.
#bikeNYC #bike #biketooter #NYC #bus #daylighting #streetsforpeople
Not finding any good articles on #daylighting on here, so here's one.
NACTO: "Intersection design should facilitate eye contact between street users, ensuring that motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit vehicles intuitively read intersections as shared spaces.”
#UrbanPlanning
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/11/24/how-to-daylight-your-citys-intersections-and-why-it-matters
In honor of the Governor signing Alex Lee's AB413 on #Daylighting to Save Lives here is the article from last year on how it helped Hoboken achieve #visonzero.
#CrashesArntAccidents: As Hoboken’s #Streets get #safer, New York City, like the rest of America, is moving in the opposite direction.
https://www.curbed.com/2022/06/hoboken-traffic-deaths-none-vision-zero-streets.html
@gwhennigan @BenRossTransit
#daylighting
“Few drivers park next to crosswalks in Hoboken, because they can’t. … Stand at the corner, and you can see what is coming toward you, and the drivers can see you too, and you don’t have to step out into the road and risk your life to do it.”
https://www.curbed.com/2022/06/hoboken-traffic-deaths-none-vision-zero-streets.html
« Aménager des #CoursDEau – en libérant des rivières anciennes ou en créant de nouvelles #RivièresUrbaines – permet d’alléger la pression exercée par ces eaux pluviales. Contrairement aux surfaces bétonnées, les espaces végétalisés donnent un coup de pouce aux villes en absorbant les eaux et en servant, du même coup, de filtre naturel. »
