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Author: Will Straw

Seattle: Op-Ed: Sound Transit Should Run Link All Night or Provide Shadow Night Bus Service – The Urbanist

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 1, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Standing on the platform of SeaTac Airport Station after midnight, straining to see whether the next light rail train is coming, I can’t help but wonder whether I would have been better off taking a […]

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France: Les “Rencontres de la Résilience” se penchent sur l’éclairage nocturne des villes | 7JAC

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 31, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Chaque mois, Tikographie organise une table ronde “Rencontres de la Résilience”. La prochaine est consacrée à l’éclairage urbain nocturne. Source: Les “Rencontres de la Résilience” se penchent sur l’éclairage nocturne des villes | 7JAC

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Especialistas reflexionaron sobre expresiones y actividades nocturnas – Universo – Sistema de noticias de la UV

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 31, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Source: Especialistas reflexionaron sobre expresiones y actividades nocturnas – Universo – Sistema de noticias de la UV

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How urban noise and bright lights keep city residents up at night

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 31, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Here are some of the steps which a town or city can take to reduce night noise and help its citizens to sleep better Source: How urban noise and bright lights keep city residents up […]

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Italy: Milan bans late night food and drink in city centre after noise complaints from residents | Euronews

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 31, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Milan is cracking down on late night revellers with a ban on takeaway food and drink. Source: Milan bans late night food and drink in city centre after noise complaints from residents | Euronews

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China: Nighttime economy helps lift Lhasa – Chinadaily.com.cn

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 30, 2023
  • Uncategorized

The nighttime economy continues to be a driving force of the socioeconomic development in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region. Source: Nighttime economy helps lift Lhasa – Chinadaily.com.cn

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US: Plus de 200 migrants ont créé une « mini-ville » avec un « marché nocturne » sous la Brooklyn-Queens Expressway – Crumpe

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 29, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Plus de 200 migrants vivent en plein air sous un […] Source: Plus de 200 migrants ont créé une « mini-ville » avec un « marché nocturne » sous la Brooklyn-Queens Expressway – Crumpe

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France: Nord Ardennes: zéro regret dans les communes qui ont coupé l’éclairage public nocturne

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 27, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Alors que bon nombre de communes ont franchi le pas de l’extinction des lampadaires la nuit, l’an dernier, des coûts moindres de factures liés aux économies d’énergies apparaissent. Le village de Foisches a même décidé […]

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As the clocks go back this weekend, Night Czar encourages Londoners and visitors to make the most of the longer nights and support the capital’s nightlife | London City Hall

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 27, 2023
  • Uncategorized

As the clocks go back this weekend, London’s Night Czar Amy Lamé is encouraging Londoners and visitors to enjoy the longer nights and support our world-leading nightlife, as she urged Government to do more to […]

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‘The city roars to prominence’: Glasgow’s nightlife praised in new global ranking

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 26, 2023
  • Uncategorized

The latest annual World’s Best Cities Report ranked Glasgow’s music scene and nightlife as the world’s 42nd best. Source: ‘The city roars to prominence’: Glasgow’s nightlife praised in new global ranking

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  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026
  • Colombia: Bogotá anuncia millonario apoyo cultural para proyectos en Chapinero

    April 25, 2026
  • France: À Harfleur, l’éclairage nocturne a fait son retour après les municipales… mais à quel coût ?

    April 24, 2026
  • France: “On n’a pas de communes qui nous demandent de rallumer” : le pari réussi de l’extinction nocturne dans la Vienne

    April 24, 2026
  • France: Mouy. La ville rallume les lumières la nuit et supprime des bancs en centre-ville – Oise Hebdo

    April 23, 2026
  • Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems | PBS News

    April 22, 2026
  • Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

    April 22, 2026
  • France: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce maire de l’Oise prend des mesures fortes

    April 21, 2026
  • France: Basic Fit H24, épicerie, resto nocturne… La nuit existe-t-elle encore en ville ?

    April 21, 2026
  • Light pollution (1/2): “the extinction of nighttime public lighting has no effect on delinquency, opposition is linked to a feeling of insecurity” – Veritas News

    April 19, 2026
  • Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime | WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather

    April 19, 2026
  • Canada: Concordia study finds park design affects cooling differently by day and night | EurekAlert!

    April 19, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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