No plan survives first contact with the enemy, but we can try. Or we can continue to let the richest 1% of the population make those decisions for us. Either way, it's probably a good idea to keep these things in mind:
Enhancing resilience of urban public transport systems through greater network interconnectedness
Jan 2024, phys.org
Safe-to-Fail urban mobility: Multi-modal public transportation networks integrate different modes of transportation (rail, franchised buses, green minibuses, light rail, ferries and trams) to improve resiliance to failures."Our findings suggest that interconnectedness offers a distinct approach to enhancing transportation resilience, beyond simply improving each system in isolation or introducing an entirely new system"
via City University of Hong Kong: Zizhen Xu et al, Interconnectedness enhances network resilience of multimodal public transportation systems for Safe-to-Fail urban mobility, Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39999-w
Research identifies characteristics of cities that would support young people's mental health
Mar 2024, phys.org
Another example of how consumerism breeds loneliness. Public space makes social capital, whereas private space makes money. When you have to spend money in order to see other people, it's depressing.
They used an initial survey starting in April 2020 to a panel of more than 400 individuals from 53 countries, including 327 young people ages 14 to 25, from a cross-section of fields, including education, advocacy, adolescent health, mental health and substance use, urban planning and development, data and technology, housing, and criminal justice. Then they administered three sequential surveys to panelists beginning in April 2020 that asked panelists to identify elements of urban life that would support mental health for young people.The findings suggest that creating a mental health-friendly city for young people requires investments across multiple interconnected sectors like transportation, housing, employment, health, and urban planning, with a central focus on social and economic equity.They also require urban planning policy approaches that commit to systemic and sustained collaboration, without magnifying existing privileges through initiatives like gentrification and developing green spaces at the expense of marginalized communities in need of affordable housing.
via Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Mental Health: Collins, P.Y., Sinha, M., Concepcion, T. et al. Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627, 137–148 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-07005-4
Public transit agencies may need to adapt to the rise of remote work, says new study
Apr 2024, phys.org
Something something opportunity
"Transit agencies need to be very concerned""People mostly rely on transit to go to work. On the other hand, many people rely on vehicles for trips other than going to work - shopping, restaurants and leisure activities. Transit agencies could provide more services during the off-peak hours in residential areas to better serve remote workers."
via University of Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Peking University: Impacts of remote work on vehicle miles traveled and transit ridership in the USA, Nature Cities (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00057-1
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