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Movement: how to take back our streets and transform our lives

Movement: how to take back our streets and transform our lives

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  • Author：Thalia Verkade
  • ISBN：1911344978
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Summary

Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s。 Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem， reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities。

Making our communities safer， cleaner， and greener starts with asking the fundamental question: who do our streets belong to？

Although there have been experiments in decreasing traffic in city centres， and an increase in bike-friendly infrastructure in the UK， there is still a long way to go。

In this enlightening and provocative book， Thalia Verkade and Marco te Brömmelstroet confront their own underlying beliefs and challenge us to rethink our ideas about transport to put people at the centre of urban design。

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Boots ，

This is an English translation of a Dutch book that was published this year。 It’s about mobility or urban planning， but what makes it really interesting is that is doesn’t start with the same axiom that most other arguments do， i。e。 with “Given that we want to get from A to B as fast and efficiently as possible…”。 Rather， the book questions whether that should even be the starting point。 It’s set up in a “where are we， how did we get here， where are we going， and what could we do” order， which w This is an English translation of a Dutch book that was published this year。 It’s about mobility or urban planning， but what makes it really interesting is that is doesn’t start with the same axiom that most other arguments do， i。e。 with “Given that we want to get from A to B as fast and efficiently as possible…”。 Rather， the book questions whether that should even be the starting point。 It’s set up in a “where are we， how did we get here， where are we going， and what could we do” order， which works really well。 。。。more

Koen ，

I have read this awesome book in Dutch。 It is a sweet treat to read and a red pill kind of treat。 It will make you doubt your thruths。 It has greatly changed my view of the world around me in that it has changed something in me。 Before reading this book， I was assuming it is very important to think about different solutions that we disagree with each other about。 But this book shows that we need to question the problems themselves。 By asking different questions， we can see and make a different w I have read this awesome book in Dutch。 It is a sweet treat to read and a red pill kind of treat。 It will make you doubt your thruths。 It has greatly changed my view of the world around me in that it has changed something in me。 Before reading this book， I was assuming it is very important to think about different solutions that we disagree with each other about。 But this book shows that we need to question the problems themselves。 By asking different questions， we can see and make a different world。The book is specifically about the role of mobility in the public space and how that has acquired a specific interpretation， which was different and could also be different。 We are now often guided by norms and values， a complete language even that is about efficiency and flow。 And so streets where people used to walk， hang out， talk， dance and act have now turned into sidewalks， bike lanes， roads through which "traffic" must flow in the most frictionless way possible。 We and our political representation often see our common outdoors through traffic engineering glasses， we think with traffic engineering logic。The authors nicely show that this traffic logic did not just happen and it does not just happen by itself。 Through Marshall Aid， there was a tough lobby by car manufacturers， oil producers， tire manufacturers and road builders to get this done。 People who wanted to keep the streets for people fought against this and in the Netherlands they fortunately succeeded to some extent， but the fight for this has also been forgotten （and swept away）。Why is it so difficult to make our streets more human？ The logic of traffic engineering is maintained because we almost no longer see that we are looking through traffic engineering glasses。 The construction of roads， the design of public spaces， the installation of traffic lights， speed bumps， kiss-and-rides， is no longer a political choice， but an elaboration of following guidelines， protocols and formulas that determine what， when， where is adapted。There is no longer any thought about what you want with the street， because that question does not arise at all。 The problems are already defined and the solutions come from experts。 We allow ourselves to be held hostage via guidelines to what was seen as a modern public space seventy years ago， while we should also be thinking about it now。Especially since the 'cost' of the system is now high。 It costs a lot of money， a lot of space， a lot of peace， but also a lot of people。 I had to cry several times at the pieces that deal with the injustice and the victims that we accept as a consequence of this system。 There is a violent slaughter going on that we are trying to mitigate by giving even more space to the most dangerous users of public space。So in concrete terms the book is about mobility， but the other way of thinking， the other way of looking at the world， is just as important for other major themes such as climate change， our school system or our health care system。 Can we see how language and models determine our reality and that we can make choices in this。The book is wonderfully written， a page-turner， an exciting journey of discovery that I read with amazement， rising indignation and sadness at what we can do to each other。 It is also very witty， with wonderful comparisons and beautiful sentences。Read it and then especially talk about it a lot。 It is an important book。 。。。more

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