SOMETHING ABOUT CITY FLOW AND SUSTANABLE

https://medium.com/@SOM/city-flows-five-ideas-for-livability-2ca326044df7

The article uses London as an example for utilizing space syntax. London nowadays faces serious issue. With a new construction boom, the pressure on the city`s congested roadways system increases significantly. There is no doubt that the population in London city will rise rapidly in the future. It is time for using new technology and data for future planning. Despite traffic congested, the Square Mile is very walkable. It means that it is easy to travel this place to other place on foot.

Then five strategies for city were considered.

1. Rethink urban corridors: the best space goes to people

The bus routes, which are similar to the underground lines, are considered to be move out for release public space for people.

2. Move people from Arteries to Capillaries

Encouraging people to use smaller street and alleys

3. Develop Nimble transport Alternatives

Focusing on the development of micro transit systems for the place where the future bus routes were forbidden

4. Harness the power of Data

Integrating the amount of data about urban life like traffic, noise, pollution, wind and daylight, providing the evident for city planning

5. design the city`s microclimate

Using new technology and high performance computing for quantify the public feeling for urban lives