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Tag Archives: complete streets
The road ate my neighborhood!
Absolutely spot-on example of the bass ackwards thinking from old school Traffic Engineers. Sadly, we have a serious overpopulation of them living and working here in Michigan. The video created by Strong Towns would be hilarious if it weren’t so … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, infrastructure, planning, satire, sustainability, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged advocacy, bicycling, cars, cities, complete streets, engineering, infrastructure, planning, roads, satire, traffic, Traffic Engineers, transportation, urban planning, walking
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Cambridge’s “complete” Vassar Street
During our Boston St. Patrick’s Day weekend, we wandered around parts of Cambridge and MIT’s campus. One of the places we chanced upon after our bike sharing tour along the Charles River was Vassar Street. This approximate two-mile long urban thoroughfare … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, education, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, schools, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged active transportation, advocacy, bicycling, biking, Cambridge, cities, commuting, complete streets, design, fitness, fun, geography, health, land use, maps, Massachusetts, MIT, placemaking, planning, protected bike lanes, transportation, travel, urban planning, Vassar Street
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Implementing your “Complete Streets” policy
Last night I had the opportunity to attend a regional transportation forum in Greater Lansing which dealt with how you go about implementing “Complete Streets” once your community has adopted a resolution, policy, and/or ordinance. Since eight communities in Mid-Michigan … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, environment, fitness, geography, government, health, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, cars, cities, complete streets, Greater Lansing, infrastructure, land use, planning, sustainatbility, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
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Excellence in small city planning
I had the honor last week to vacation in Brevard County, Florida. Of all the communities of this dynamic county, the City of Cape Canaveral immediately stood out as exemplary in its community planning efforts, particularly in regards to land … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, aerospace, Alternative energy, Animals, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, civility, Cuisine, culture, density, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, marketing, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, walking, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged bicycling, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral, cities, community planning, complete streets, design, environmental planning, Florida, land use, nature, planning, sustainability, urban planning, visioning, walking, zoning
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