Transform Your City
Web and SaaS
civic petition platform
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 13 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 6 for, 9 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool concept: AI images showing what cities could be, powerful for public awareness
From 3 comments
I wasn't sure what this was at first, but it's actually a really cool project. It uses AI to generate images of what cities could look like if they were more pedestrian-friendly.…
arikr on HNThis is pretty cool, I applaud what you're doing. I think some people will be fixated on the (non-)efficacy of petitions, but just using AI to show people what we're missing out…
paulgb on HNTotally off topic, but scrolling through the front page I first read the title as “Terraform your city” and for a second my mind was blown thinking about what that could possibly…
jabo on HN
Political will gap is the real problem and the site targets it
From 2 comments
There are tons of city planners who can figure out the specifics of how to transform each street. They've been talking about it for decades. The problem is political will and…
ajrheaume on HNThis is a cool project - looking forward to following it. I've noticed a lot of pushback against ideas like this because they're seen as infeasible, but I have to assume that…
hughess on HN
Objections
Removing major roads like the BQE is oversimplified with no concrete plan
From 3 comments
It’s hard to get a sense from the site or from the actual idea pages what the goal is. Removing the BQE (https://transformyour.city/vision/new-york-city/the-bqe ) would affect…
jclem on HNThis is not a "plan". What are the proposals for transit on the place of BQE? Where will all the traffic from BQE go? To local streets?
sedan_baklazhan on HNSay you live in a building in front of a car-free street. How are you going to move in/out, given that many buildings in New York have only one entrance? What about garbage…
andreygrehov on HN
AI images are not useful for planning without feasibility studies
From 1 comment
I would imagine these AI generated images are mostly useless for real world planning without some sort of feasibility study to go along with them.
takoid on HN
Car-free streets raise access problems for deliveries, emergency vehicles and garbage trucks
From 2 comments
Say you live in a building in front of a car-free street. How are you going to move in/out, given that many buildings in New York have only one entrance? What about garbage…
andreygrehov on HNin the examples provided they just barrier off streets. Is it a flying ambulance that airlifts you like the coastguard?
easytiger on HN
Requests
Tools to model setbacks, sidewalks and building heights, not just lanes
From 1 comment
this is neat, but seems to be focused primarily on the configurations of thoroughfare lanes? i'd love something that lets you change with setbacks, parkways, sidewalks, building…
clairity on HN
Collaboration with Remix, which offers urban design tooling
From 1 comment
I recently discovered the "Remix" urban design tool that lets users redesign existing streets and intersections like an IRL Cities Skylines. It's brilliant. https://www.remix.com…
mastercheif on HN
Questions
What is the actual plan for proposals like removing the BQE?
From 2 comments
It’s hard to get a sense from the site or from the actual idea pages what the goal is. Removing the BQE (https://transformyour.city/vision/new-york-city/the-bqe ) would affect…
jclem on HNThis is not a "plan". What are the proposals for transit on the place of BQE? Where will all the traffic from BQE go? To local streets?
sedan_baklazhan on HN
Alternatives named
Remix urban design tool
From 1 comment
I recently discovered the "Remix" urban design tool that lets users redesign existing streets and intersections like an IRL Cities Skylines. It's brilliant. https://www.remix.com…
mastercheif on HN