Thursday, 05 July 2012

Paint your street

City repair 2Here’s one way to ‘make drivers move more slowly and expect pedestrians.’ From City Repair in Portland, Oregon. Brilliant. Take a few minutes to watch the video, which includes this quote:

‘One lady said she’s lived in the neighborhood for forty years, I had never even seen her before… I’ve lived here about 20 years.’

Via (of course).

 


5 Jul 2012 21:43:27 | Neighbourhood relations, Space and place

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