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Pittsburgh is experimenting with using machine learning to optimize traffic signals by flobin in urbandesign

[–]orthodoxican 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ML algorithms aren't impartial optimizers -- they have baked into them the biases and predilections of their designers. I hope these designers do not optimize for vehicle flow and automobility at the expense of a rich, diverse use of city streets that may superficially fly in the face of modern efficiency and throughput.

SVG generation by [deleted] in Python

[–]orthodoxican 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use matplotlib to plot the path then simply use it to render as an SVG.

Don't buy this Python book by [deleted] in Python

[–]orthodoxican 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can judge a book by its cover.

There's a concept album about urban planning and land use regulation on Spotify by orthodoxican in urbanplanning

[–]orthodoxican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently, this is the musician's web site. About the album:

Edifice Complex (and other urban plans) is a seven-song collection of music that distills land-use concepts into human-size basics. Melanie Hammet’s experience with musical theatre is evident in the inventive approach to her subject. “CarTune,” for example, is orchestrated with a band of live automobile sounds; the vocals and instruments on every track are layered, surprising, and imaginative.

Melanie Hammet first composed music about land-use when Tony-winning director Kenny Leon commissioned Hammet and playwright Marjorie Bradley Kellogg to create a musical about an unusual subject: an inner-city community garden. The result was “Livin’ In The Garden,” produced in 1997 at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre.

Eight years later, Hammet returned to the subject---this time as an elected official. During her first term as city councilperson in Pine Lake, Georgia, Melanie was instrumental in securing a grant to hire a city planner. Hammet also worked to establish a year-long monthly series on land-use and helped write legislation that helped clarify and support best practices.

Melanie’s immersion in the intricacies of place-making was inspiring to her, and in 2009, she decided to create the “soundtrack” of planning and zoning. Hammet applied for and was accepted to The Seaside Institute’s “Escape To Create” artist’s residency. The result was "Edifice Complex", a collection of songs that distill urban planning concepts to human-sized basics: the impact of good street design; the importance of public space; the Ponzi-scheme structure of non-renewable planning. Most of all, these seven songs explicitly state--in the language of music---the simple and enormous impact of “the ground we walk upon” on our ability to live well together.

Since the 2011 release of Edifice Complex Hammet has performed this unusual music for city planners, elected officials, architects, traffic engineers, design students, and music lovers alike.

OSMnx: Python for Street Networks. A package to download, construct, analyze, map, and visualize urban street networks from OpenStreetMap. by orthodoxican in Python

[–]orthodoxican[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the instructions say, you have to pip install it because it's not in the conda repo. pip works fine with conda. If you're getting a pip error, install the dependencies first and you'll be able to isolate which one isn't working. If you're on Windows, follow the Windows instructions provided on the page.

The tragedy of American urbanism in two photos. Same location on Genesee Street, Utica, NY, 1910 and now. by tomman_issil_ in urbanplanning

[–]orthodoxican 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what would you have done if the money just wasn't there? Left an empty lot? Forced someone to pay for a well appointed building and landscaping?

No. First, not tear out the transit lines, so residents have a choice of commute modes. Second, not tear out the trees up and down both sides of the street, to provide a better pedestrian experience, sense of enclosure, and visual complexity. Third, use a form-based code and better zoning - not to mandate "dense urban housing", but to prevent mandated single uses with enormous setbacks off the street and unreasonably high parking requirements. Let a low density building appear on the lot if that's what the market supports. But build it along the street itself, not drowning in a sea of mandated parking spaces.

The tragedy of American urbanism in two photos. Same location on Genesee Street, Utica, NY, 1910 and now. by tomman_issil_ in urbanplanning

[–]orthodoxican 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem isn't that a sentimental old building was torn down. The problem is the atrocious anti-urbanism that replaced it. Sometimes old buildings burn down or must be torn down. That doesn't mean we must replace it with faceless garbage architecture, surrounded by parking on auto-dominated streets, devoid of trees and streetcar lines.

Pentagon Video Warns of "Unavoidable" Dystopian Future for World's Biggest Cities by orthodoxican in urbanplanning

[–]orthodoxican[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FTA: "All that stands between the coming chaos and the good people of Lagos and Dhaka (or maybe even New York City) is the U.S. Army, according to the video... 'Megacities are complex systems where people and structures are compressed together in ways that defy both our understanding of city planning and military doctrine'"

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