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Before (2019) / After (2025) the pedestrianization and greening of the dead-end Rue du Cardinal Mercier in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The work was completed at the end of 2023, and just a year and a half later, there is quite a lot of green.

Ridge Clinger

Before (2017) / After (2025) the 700m two-way bike path along Rue Belgrand, Paris 20. It was built in 2024, replacing the two narrow bike lanes on the sides. The street became one-way for motorised traffic, with some street parking added to narrow it to slow the traffic I think.

Chart from US Census, showing trends in overall US construction spending, Private construction spending increased from 2019 to mid-2024, and now has been declining. Public sector construction spending increased during that period.

New Census data: Continued decline in US private-sector construction spending, which has been falling since mid-2024.

Seasonally adjusted annual rate of private residential investment was 6.2% lower in June 25 than June 24, with a major decline in multifamily (–9.5%). www.census.gov/construction...

Because this project will be fully grade separated, it should be built as automated light metro (e.g., Toulouse Metro, Milan M5, Honolulu Skytrain). This can enable:
—More reliable & often faster service
—More frequent service
—Shorter platforms (& thus cheaper-to-build stations)

Who are you responding to? I can't see the post. Thanks.

Guangzhou Metro removed passenger flow restrictions from 4 stations today. Bringing the total stations with restrictions removed since Jan 2025 (with the opening of Line 10, 11 and 12) to 26. Below are the 8 mentioned stations with daily restrictions removed in 2025 (boxed in red)....

Avant / Après le remplacement d'une rangée de places de stationnement par des arbres Rue Nationale (et il y en a bien plus que ce qu'on voit là, ça continue loin derrière le photographe) dans le 13ème. La fresque murale de Folon est effacée ou en cours de restauration, je ne sais pas.

Before (2024) / After (2025) parking spaces replaced by trees on Rue Pixérécourt in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. No, it's not an optical illusion — that much road really is gone, both photos were taken from the same spot with the same lens.

Avant / Après Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris. C'est le lieu où Gérard Fagnon a perdu le Tour de France en 1990 dans La Télé des Inconnus, à l'époque la rue était encore pavée !

Before (2017) / After (2025) Rue David d’Angers, Paris 19. Very recently, sidewalk car parking was replaced by bike racks, some street parking was removed, and a pedestrian refuge was added. Small changes you might say, but far bigger changes are being done on both streets at the ends of this one.

It looks like a Wii game that discovered Internet recently ☠️

Avant / Après la métamorphose de la Rue Pixérécourt dans le 20ème arrondissement de Paris, les travaux viennent juste de se terminer. Le stationnement automobile a disparu pour des arbres sur des trottoirs très élargis.

Grosse extension de trottoir avec des pavés au croisement David d’Angers - Manin en cours de gros changement pour y faire baisser la vitesse des voitures.

Before (2020) / After (2024) Pont de la Concorde in Paris. The StreetView updates show not only the evolution of the infras, but also to some extent the increase of their use. Note: the strip of asphalt laid down to protect the cobblestones during the works for the Olympics has since been removed

C'est magnifique ! 😍

This was the Tour de France in Paris!

Rue du Cloître Notre-Dame : des trottoirs élargis et un plateau pietonnier pavé.

▶️ le beau rencontre le fonctionnel pour ce site hautement patrimonial et intensément fréquenté.

Please post more photos here! Zuck sucks! 😆

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and dine along the low-traffic streets of Reims, which are lined with buildings, trees, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and dine along the low-traffic streets of Reims, which are lined with buildings, trees, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and dine along the low-traffic streets of Reims, which are lined with buildings, trees, and terraces.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and dine along the low-traffic streets of Reims, which are lined with buildings, trees, and terraces.

One week in Reims.

Photos from a train-accessed hike in the forests, wetlands, and hillsides of Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park.

Photos from a train-accessed hike in the forests, wetlands, and hillsides of Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park.

Photos from a train-accessed hike in the forests, wetlands, and hillsides of Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park.

Photos from a train-accessed hike in the forests, wetlands, and hillsides of Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park.

One thing we have really learned to appreciate about living in Europe is the easy rail access to rural recreational opportunities.

Like hopping on a train in the city centre and—within 15 minutes—immersing ourselves in the forests, wetlands, and hillsides of Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park.

A variety of former on-street car parking spaces in the French city of Reims that have been repurposed into small pocket parks of green space containing plants, trees, and flowers.

A variety of former on-street car parking spaces in the French city of Reims that have been repurposed into small pocket parks of green space containing plants, trees, and flowers.

A variety of former on-street car parking spaces in the French city of Reims that have been repurposed into small pocket parks of green space containing plants, trees, and flowers.

A variety of former on-street car parking spaces in the French city of Reims that have been repurposed into small pocket parks of green space containing plants, trees, and flowers.

One of the biggest barriers to re-greening cities is the idea every resident is entitled to ten square metres of paved public space on which to store a private vehicle that sits idle for 23.5 hours each day. A notion Reims is slowly challenging, and de-paving its streets one parking space at a time.

Various photos of colourful trams moving along grassy streets lined with trees and vegetation in Reims, France.

Various photos of colourful trams moving along grassy streets lined with trees and vegetation in Reims, France.

Various photos of colourful trams moving along grassy streets lined with trees and vegetation in Reims, France.

Various photos of colourful trams moving along grassy streets lined with trees and vegetation in Reims, France.

Trams on grass, Reims edition.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and drive along the low-traffic streets of Amsterdam, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/hr signage.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and drive along the low-traffic streets of Amsterdam, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/hr signage.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and drive along the low-traffic streets of Amsterdam, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/hr signage.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and drive along the low-traffic streets of Amsterdam, which are lined with buildings, trees, bike infrastructure, and prominent 30 km/hr signage.

In late 2023, Amsterdam introduced a 30 km/h limit. A large number of arterials were lowered from 50 km/h, 4,500 signs installed, 140 lights reconfigured, and 200 km of markings adjusted. Aiming to improve safety, liveability and accessibility, 80% of the road network is now at this critical speed.🧵

The High Speed Rail and the City – part 1 Routing High-Speed Rail in urban areas: the case of Florence

I have turned my thread about the history of planning the route of the High-Speed rail through Florence into a Substack blog post, expanding the discussion and making it easier to refer.

I hope you enjoy it.

open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...

I'm cleaning up my camera roll, and I realize I have a lot of pictures of pavings, an obsession of mine. I will add them to this ongoing thread until I run out of them, I get bored or I forget.

I will try to give some basic info for each of them and rate it.

THE ULTIMATE PAVING THREAD

The new bike corridor along a portion of St-Urbain is popping up, including some nice protected and daylighted intersections.

Fortunately, Montréal has partially retained that lost tech called "moving the curb"

We do love Europe's human-scaled, transit-centred, car-lite urbanism, don't we?

Piano Commerciale 2025 Piano Commerciale Versione 2025, sito dedicato

RFI has published the yearly update of its "commercial plan", which is essentially an operational list of projects with a medium-term horizon. It's a fascinating insight into what, operationally, the "Long Modernization" means in concrete terms

piano-commerciale-2025-reteferroviaria.hub.arcgis.com

The brief experience of Genova's transit agency with (partially) free transit is probably coming to an end after 3 years because it's costing more than expected, and it's ultimately financially unsustainable in the long run

Very similar story to the 1973-75 brief venture of Bologna with free buses