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Berlin citizens propose law to ban cars from city centre

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The city government will now formally consider the petition, with a decision due to be announced in February. Residents would only be permitted to use a car or van up to 12 times a year, for special circumstances such as moving house. If the city rejects their proposal, they will need to increase the number to 175,000.

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Elon Musk proposes Tesla tunnel in Miami to "solve traffic and be an example to the world"

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Elon Musk 's infrastructure firm The Boring Company has submitted plans to construct the North Miami Beach Loop tunnel in Miami , which would shuttle people in a dedicated fleet of Tesla cars from the north of the city to the beach. If approved, the tunnel system will have seven stations and could transport around 7,500 passengers an hour.

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Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden

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Located in southeast Portland , the city-owned park encompasses 16 acres (6.5 In addition to Olson Kundig, Land Morphology worked with a dozen speciality consultants, a 14-person community advisory committee, the City of Portland and a group called Leach Garden Friends. hectares) and is open to the public. Top: photo is by Aaron Leitz.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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The plans were only partly carried out, and following the deaths of the Leachs, the property was eventually gifted to the City of Portland. Located in southeast Portland, the multi phase Master Plan project will fundamentally transform the botanical garden. Integral to Phase 1 is a new system of trails that reorganizes the garden experience.

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HarborPlace: How not to make a deal

Community Architect Daily

"The full weight of city government is ready to make this a reality. The bills are intended to create the zoning necessary to permit the proposed size of the project which cannot be built with the existing Urban Renewal Plan and current zoning in place. They alone are estimated by MCB to cost another $400 million.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

In their wills, they bequeathed their garden, then 13 acres, to the city of Portland for the public’s enjoyment. If the city didn’t take over the land in earnest within a decade, it was to convey to the YMCA—which it very nearly did. The city let the garden lie unclaimed, and in 1980, the YMCA called on the city to make up its mind.

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Update: Santa Cruz County ADU Regulations

Santa Cruz Architect

Note that each local jurisdiction in the Monterey Bay area – Cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville, and Scotts Valley – each have their own, specific regulations: this article applies specifically to ADU regulations particular to the unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County. with permits) may be converted to ADUs.