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Category Archives: Alternative transportation
Wealthier “nearburb” communities close to downtown
The list included at the bottom of this post identifies those wealthier communities that are located close to the central business district of the metropolitan area they are located. These wealthy “nearburbs” demonstrate that local gentry of each metropolitan area … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative transportation, cities, commerce, demographics, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, place names, planning, politics, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, traffic, transportation, urban design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged cities, commuting, enclaves, gentry, geography, maps, nearburbs, per capita income, rich, streetcar suburbs, streetcars, suburbs, towns, wealth
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Every city should have a signature hiking trail
Having hiked in numerous places around the United States and in a few other nations (Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Portugal), I have found that hiking is an excellent method to become better acquainted with a new place on a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, Advocacy, agriculture, Alternative transportation, branding, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, marketing, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged adventures, cities, hiking, hiking trails, recreation, trails, trekking, treks, walking
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Planning for the EVolution in charging stations
As the number of EV (electric vehicle) charging stations have increased, their design and appearance have grown in style and variety. While many EV charging stations are currently accessory uses on the site of other uses like hotels, theaters, parking … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, branding, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, electric vehicles, energy, environment, futurism, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, marketing, pictures, planning, pollution, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, video, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged charging, charging stations, design, electric cars, electric vehicles, EVs, hybrid electric vehicles, hybrid/electric vehicles, planning, zoning
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Ten planning lessons from “Unsinkable” Leadville, CO
The historic hometown of the Unsinkable Molly Brown is a scenic gem set high in the Colorado Rockies. Leadville happens to be the highest elevation city in the United States at officially 10,152 feet above sea level. This historic mining … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, industry, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, pollution, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged archaeology, Colorado, history, Leadville, Mineral Belt Trail, mining, trails, Unsinkable Molly Brown
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The longest bike and/or footbridges in the USA or Canada
The following working list identifies the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridges in the United States and Canada based on the length (in feet) of their main span. A separate list of bridges that may be long enough to join this … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Canada, cities, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, States, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged bicycle bridges, bike bridges, biking, bridges, footbridges, hiking, non-motorized recreation, non-motorized transportation, pedestrian bridges, trails, walking
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A Chicago walking museum that honors the Moundbuilders
In a spark of artistic and placemaking brilliance, a new nine+ (9.5) mile long cultural trail is taking shape in Chicago. To be bookended by newly created Native American Mounds, the Northwest Portage Walking Museum (now also known as 4000N) will … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, art, bicycling, Biking, charities, cities, civics, culture, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, geography, health, hiking, history, inclusiveness, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, Native Americans, nature, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged 4000N, American Indian Center of Chicago, Chicago Public Art Group, Coil Mound, moundbuilders, mounds, Native Americans, Northwest Portage Walking Museum, Portage Park Neighborhood Association, Santiago X, Serpent Mound
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The great Iowa landmark foot/bike bridge competition
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, in the State of Iowa, there appears to be a friendly flattery competition going on between cities in the Hawkeye State to construct the most iconic foot or bicycle … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, cities, civics, commerce, downtown, economic development, geography, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, Statistics, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged biking, bridges, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Charles City, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, footbridges, hiking, Iowa, pedestrian bridges, Sioux City, walking, West Des Moines
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Healing Interstate injustice by removing freeways
Back in 2018, I wrote a post about the trend in freeway-capping projects. These efforts are an attempt to partially rectify (or put a bandaid over) the injustices of America’s highway-building mania that took place between the 1940s and 1980s. A … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative transportation, Cars, Cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, commerce, culture, economic development, economic gardening, environment, geography, health, Highway displacement, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, racism, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged boulevards, cities, demolition, freeways, highways, immoral highways, inequity, injustice, Interstate injustice, Interstates, replacement
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World’s tallest vertical ‘urban’ transport elevators
CORRECTION (4/6/2020): After posting this article it became apparent that it should have been limited to above ground elevators, as there are a number of underground ones in transit stations around the world. As a result, the underground elevators that … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, commerce, fun, futurism, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, placemaking, planning, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged acensore, ascenseur, elevadors, elevators, inclined elevators, lifts, public elevators
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Environmental/health benefits of street sweeping/cleaning
This past Monday afternoon, Traverse City’s street sweeping/cleaning crew came down our street and swept/cleaned it. Two machines were utilized during the operation – one an Elgin and the other a Global. They removed most of the dirt, grit, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, ecosystems, environment, geography, government, health, hiking, humanity, infrastructure, nature, Pets, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged Elgin Sweepers, Global Environmental Sweepers, Schwarze Sweepers, street cleaning, street sweeping, Tennant Sweepers, TYMCO Sweepers
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