Urban Development
236 Threads
Just finished an amazing trip to Mumbai. Some incredible infrastructure being built - much of it to be finished in 24months. 13 metro lines, coastal road, new international airport...
India's cleanest city don't have dustbins but a wonderful waste management system which fetch them crores...!! A thread🧵 Like Share Follow if you find valuable https://t.co/aB0I0...
The magic of trams & streetcars: (and why they're the best form of public transport in cities) https://t.co/iLUvPnyLTu
Ogun State; build 100,000 homes in 10 years in one LGA near Lagos, & build stuff around it, markets, schools, hospitals, and malls. Build 5 lane expressway to link to the Lagos to...
Why did the USA demolish all its train stations? (none of these buildings are still standing) https://t.co/UIbbIW7GxL
Do you ever feel that some cities are just more alive than others? It's probably because they're "mixed-use". This is a simple idea, but it changes everything... https://t.co/aKm...
Late Chief Adebayo Adeleke - The Brain behind Banana Island in Ikoyi, Lagos Thread! Retweet https://t.co/BtiCV8X2V6
@jacremes @TomSugrue In Boston, I think there's also real desire to not let wealthy suburbs stop new housing construction. Forgoing the chance to rezone Lincoln-Weston-Wellesley-Ne...
I delivered a keynote address at the International Federation of Consulting Engineers Global Infrastructure Conference in Geneva. The plenary session provided the launching pad t...
It's hard to describe how different San Francisco feels pre-pandemic versus now. People joked pre-pandemic that the crane (as in construction) was the official city bird, because o...
Most large Indian cities weren't built in a way to handle as many people living in them today. Disasters are bound to continue. The only real solution is to have many smaller citie...
1/5 Housing prices are rising in richer localities like Shanghai even as they fall in poorer provinces and municipalities. This means, among other things, that municipal revenues i...
@svembu This is fundamentally flawed line of thinking. Tokyo is not a large city because of high rents, it has high rents and demands more infrastructure because it is a large city...
What are urban flood? Here are some points you need to know, A thread🧵 (Many IT employees in Bengaluru used tractors to go to work) https://t.co/s1j4AmArew
If you are living in a (mostly an illegal encroachment) place that once belonged to a lake, you will have to make way for the natural course of water, every monsoon! Deal with it...
What's the 'city with best weather in India' gotta do with Bangalore drowing in floods today and every single time the city faces a massive downpour... Read on, a thread...
Looks like consultations on next four Islington LTNs (Mildmay East, Highbury New Park, and either side of Cally Road) will be launched before the end of March 2023, with implementa...
Today's story on Morning Context regarding bus services is a good read. I can actually see the drastic reduction in BEST buses in Mumbai, and the corresponding increase in two whe...
Why Twin Towers of Noida will be demolished today by blast (Explained) Apart of India Pak match, one news that is going to be in buzz today is demolition of Twin Towers in Noida....
Here's a hint, CITIES ARE FOR LIVING IN What white tourist think of Kyoto vs what most of Kyoto actually looks like Asian cities are developed to be lived in NOT open air museums...
After flattening Jiddah's semi-historical, organically expanded working class neighborhoods, Saudi authoritarianism is now coming for the ones in Mekka as well. Making space for l...
On Aug 17, the last T-beam for Lagos Blue Line, undertaken by CCECC, was fully connected and a celebration ceremony was held, which marked that the Blue Line project has entered th...
If you are frustrated of heavy jams in Mumbai, read on. The one single Western Express highway is maintained by various agencies, all having their own separate budgets. The WEH f...
Many say the reason there are so many homeless in places like Portland is lack of housing. But the real reason is that progressive local governments don’t require people to stay in...
