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A Week Without a Car in San Francisco [www.contracostatimes.com]

A reporter for the Contra Costa Times spends a week without a car in the San Francisco Bay Area, weighing the pros and cons of public transport.

09:36 AM, 28 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces | Permalink | Comments (0)

Chicago Cracks Down on Dangerous Drivers [www.chicagotribune.com]

Chicago DOT announced that this spring, traffic officers will pose as pedestrians, as part of an effort to crack down on drivers who endanger pedestrians. 

Also as a part of Mayor Daley's Safe Streets for Chicago plan, the city will be installing various safety measures, such as bulb-outs, elevated crosswalks, and pedestrian refuges in hazardous intersections. 

09:44 AM, 20 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces | Permalink | Comments (0)

Noise Pollution May Prompt Highway Cover-up in Oak Park, IL [glrc.org]

Highways are unwelcome, noisy, polluting neighbors to people who live near them. They're so imposing that it's hard to imagine making one disappear. But that's exactly what Oak Park, IL, might do.  A group is proposing to turn 1 1/2 miles of an expressway into a tunnel, with a 60 acre park on top.

08:50 AM, 19 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
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Plans for a Walkable Minneapolis [www.skywaynews.net]

A newly formed non-profit group is focusing on developing a network of pedestrian-friendly routes in downtown Minneapolis.

11:27 AM, 18 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces , Downtowns | Permalink | Comments (0)

Holiday Markets a Boon for Downtowns [www.post-gazette.com]

Outdoor holiday markets are a boon for artisans who sell their wares, as well as for the downtowns that host the markets.  Organizers of holiday fairs in cities around the country have seen them grow in recent years. "They're just sort of being rediscovered as a no-brainer for downtowns," says Ethan Kent, vice president of the Project for Public Space, an international nonprofit organization based in New York that promote activities like holiday markets.

12:54 PM, 12 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Markets , Public Spaces | Permalink | Comments (0)

Have TODS Reached the Mainstream? [www.planetizen.com]

"With the Wall Street Journal weighing in on transit-oriented development, has the movement that ties intensive, mixed land uses to transportation activity nodes finally reached the mainstream?" Asks Planetizen.

11:43 AM, 12 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
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Fair- and Foul-weather Cities Can Become Safer and Easier for Bicyclists [www.governing.com]

"Chicago can be stiflingly hot during the summer and rain-chilled in the spring, and its wind-whipped winters are the stuff of legend. So when the subject is “bicycle commuting,” Chicago is not the first city that springs to mind. But it’s becoming a hot bike-to-work town. In the next decade, it plans to expand its network of bike trails to 500 miles, and has set a goal of putting a bike path of some sort within half a mile of every city resident."

 

10:17 AM, 08 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces , New York City Streets Renaissance | Permalink | Comments (0)

Interstate Bridge in Atlanta Remade into Pedestrian-friendly Mini-park [www.ajc.com]

"Atlanta's newest park is planted in quite a place: 17 feet above Downtown Connector motorists.

There is nothing else like it in the state, say Georgia Department of Transportation officials. The Fifth Street Bridge, officially finished today, has more than tripled in size as it spans I-75/I-85 downtown, giving the feel of a garden rather than a bridge, and adding no additional car lanes.

Instead, a department that has often been accused of favoring road capacity over all other projects spent $10.3 million building the foundation for a sort of mini campus quad, connecting Georgia Tech's main campus to its new buildings at Technology Square, providing a new main entrance to the university, and serving the mixed-use revival that has exploded on the east side."

atlanta_bridge_park.jpg 

This image (c) Joey Ivansco/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff

02:27 PM, 07 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Parks , Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces | Permalink | Comments (0)

At New Trade Center, Seeking Lively (but Secure) Streets [www.nytimes.com]

The experience of the new trade center will succeed or fail in how welcoming it is to pedestrians.

02:16 PM, 07 Dec 2006 by Katie Salay
in Transportation & Streets , Public Spaces | Permalink | Comments (0)

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