Just down from that was another enclosed patio, & further down the main courtyard at grade w/ play areas, trees, bike storage, bbqs etc.
Talked about how parents can watch their kids from the balconies inside the courtyard & how quiet it was in the courtyard despite being in the center of the city
Had a real life “why building code matters” with our son in Stockholm.
Coming back from some exploring a door was open to the interior courtyard at our building & we could hear kids playing. As we walked out there was an elevated patio area where three young ones were practicing riding their bikes
Yet when proposals are made to narrow lane widths along dangerous streets, local fire departments are first in line to stop them, effectively arguing they need the wide streets so their oversized trucks can drive fast to the accidents caused by… the wide fast streets.
We have already spent a somewhat ridiculous amount on bike rentals here in Stockholm.
Lots of cars in Stockholm.
Lots of bicycles.
Lots of pedestrians.
Seems fine?
Anyway legalize single stair buildings, right sized residential elevators, and a middle building code.
Stockholm’s pedestrian fatality rate per 100k is 0.45. The U.S. is over 5x that.
Like much of the EU Stockholm uses standards of 9.8’ for city street lanes and allows for 10.8’ in bus and truck corridors. The U.S. sets a 26’ minimum width for streets and common lane widths are 12-14’.
Was funny watching it click for him how different this place feels simply because of the form of the buildings and the resulting experience they allow.
Three different kinds of illegal stepping out of our Stockholm apartment.
This feels like a better option for handicap accessible restrooms.
Far more flexibility in terms of layout with these drop down arms compared to the fixed 18” from the wall ADA setup. And a lot easier for a retrofit situation vs tearing out concrete, running new waste lines.