hostile public space crucially, the treatment of unhoused people, and how that also trickles out to everyone else on car supremacy and walkability monumentual architecture Built environment affects autistics beyond need for isolated sensory rooms, we need more consideration in general public space to allow us to be in it rather than escape it. Factors of the built environment can also dictate social expectations and affect behaviour of others, clear procedure, affordances and signage is crucial benches deliberately uncomfortable design, often entirely unusable cruel anti-sleeping measures disadvantages many already disadvantaged people homeless people disabled people pregnant people elderly people young children those caring for young children lack of seating at many bus stops, those that do have seating have inadequate seating, and people who use buses are more likely to be the already disadvantaged groups mentioned above Benches as a haven for the stressed, anxious, autistic, etc, scouting location kinda opposite of this is the public safety measures built into environments such as flood prevention and bollarding with planters and artworks (or just actual bollards) Resources Monuments To Guilt, interactive virtual installation on exclusionary design (downloadable)(online) ...
public transportNotes notable reasons cars are used over public transport (excluding cost): privacy carrying your own stuff being together accessibility convenience last-mile routes preferred routes driving for sport and leisure comfort/safety/security, psychological factors short distances we have extensive road networks already large and awkward freight motorhomes and travelling lifestyles solutions: most of these can be solved with funding and efforts going towards green automated public services that self-co-ordinate with a degree of separation and a degree of choice think land-ferry, rail-car accessibility by default driving for sport and leisure can remain on dedicated sites as with eg rallies, motor racing, bike sports. Cars for hobbies, vanity and collecting can remain. yet to find an answer psychological factors - factors of owning your own safe space and/or escape route (unless individual ‘pods’ are still owned personally and just interface well - but equity issues remain in this model eg high cost may be associated, and youth rights affected) short distances a general accessibility issue in that ‘walkable’ routes are not walkable for everybody but public transport tends not to serve these distances. Solutions are few and far between, personal electric vehicles for one are difficult/expensive to access (think mobility scooter) and tend to have complex rules of use (think e-scooters) extensive road networks left just to large freight? motorhomes Resources https://railwaydesign.xyz/ ...