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-====== Things to include in Solarpunk Cities ======+====== Things to Include in Solarpunk Cities ======
  
  
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       * Gas station, maybe turned into a restaurant with outdoor dining under the canopy?       * Gas station, maybe turned into a restaurant with outdoor dining under the canopy?
   * Public transit in use: trains, streetcars, ropeways/cableways overhead, buses, water buses in canals and rivers ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_transport_in_Bangkok|Bangkok has some great examples]])   * Public transit in use: trains, streetcars, ropeways/cableways overhead, buses, water buses in canals and rivers ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_transport_in_Bangkok|Bangkok has some great examples]])
 +      * Streetcars used to be incredibly common, they’re practical electric vehicles which were built and run with 1910s technology, metallurgy, and no real batteries. Some trams (such as the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn) travel on old freight lines outside of the city to extend their full range, [[https://www.eurogunzel.com/2018/09/freight-trams-of-europe/|others double as cargo transportation within cities]].
   * Bicycles/[[https://slrpnk.net/post/12401016|non-car personal transportation]]   * Bicycles/[[https://slrpnk.net/post/12401016|non-car personal transportation]]
   * Roads reclaimed into:   * Roads reclaimed into:
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       * parks (maybe with some solar cooker grills, the kind with a parabolic dish underneath, which can swing/flip up over the grilltop when not in use)       * parks (maybe with some solar cooker grills, the kind with a parabolic dish underneath, which can swing/flip up over the grilltop when not in use)
       * any other third space       * any other third space
 +      * For some hands-on guidance check out the [[https://issuu.com/streetplanscollaborative/docs/tu-guide_to_materials_and_design_v1|Tactical Urbanism Materials and Design Guide]]
   * Public gardens, if doing plants on rooftops/balconies, consider practicality/whether they’d cause damage or become a hazard (falling trees kill people even without blowing off the roof of a skyscraper).   * Public gardens, if doing plants on rooftops/balconies, consider practicality/whether they’d cause damage or become a hazard (falling trees kill people even without blowing off the roof of a skyscraper).
   * Lots of public art   * Lots of public art