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The walking paths of Brasilia
The walking paths of Brasilia
The City of Brasilia, conceived and built in the 1950's and 60's, is the exemplar of modernist urban planning. It's got it all: extreme separation of uses, access only by motor vehicle, mid-rise boxy buildings set in vast open spaces, and a conspicuous absence of any history before the ...
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Brasilia’s Pathways of Desire
Streetsblog New York City — ... But as you can see from the photo posted by Daniel Nairn of Discovering Urbanism this weekend, the people of Brasilia still move about by foot, leaving their mark in the grassy areas between mega-freeways: ...

Brasilia’s Pathways of Desire
Streetsblog Los Angeles — ... But as you can see from the photo posted by Daniel Nairn of Discovering Urbanism this weekend, the people of Brasilia still move about by foot, leaving their mark in the grassy areas between mega-freeways: ...

Breakfast links: Few consequences
Greater Greater Washington — ... Desire lines of Brasilia: Brasilia is entirely designed around cars, and six-lane expressways and cloverleafs line their central green sward. Nevertheless, people cross it, and in the paths visible by satellite you can see the "desire lines" and paths where people found the least-deadly ways to cross. (Discovering Urbanism) ...

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greatergreaterwashington.org 2/8/2009 — Photo by volcrano on Flickr. By David C Some members of Congress are reluctant to spend transportation money on walking and bicycling infrastructure, because in their communities, few walk or bike. Few walk or bike, however, because those ...