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Nicer cities, liveable places
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Nicer cities, liveable places is a personal blog at robertweetman.wordpress.com about design and culture. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts on urban cycling and pedestrian safety, such as whether US cities are getting more dangerous for cyclists. The one comment discusses bike lanes and traffic calming in response to the post's topic.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
...and how we might try to create them.
What Hacker News says?
Where I live (Poland) it's not uncommon for a bike lane to be effectively a part of the sidewalk with trees and parked cars between the sidewalk and the road so it's not that obvious if you're visible to drivers or not. I agree that putting unprotected humans on the road should happen only after other traffic calming measures have been put in place. Regarding your last remark. There are basically two styles of bike…
Comment linking /2017/11/04/amsterdam-vs-copenhagen-part-1/
on “US Cities Are Becoming More Dangerous for Cyclists and Pedestrians”Submitted Amsterdam vs. Copenhagen (a British view) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nicer Cities, Liveable Places: Design Details of ‘Continuous Footways’ (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion