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Tag Archives: Indiana
American and Canadian Cities with the Most Roundabouts – UPDATED
Guest post by Dan T. – Thank you, Dan! [Note: To most people, the terms traffic circle, rotary, and roundabout are synonyms, but not to traffic engineers. Engineers usetraffic circle as a generic term for all circular intersections, while rotaries … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cars, cities, economic development, engineering, environment, Europe, geography, health, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, North America, placemaking, planning, spatial design, States, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged Carmel, highways, Indiana, planning, roads streets, rotaries, roundabouts, traffic, traffic circles, traffic engineering, transportation engineering
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Fort Wayne’s three iconic bicycle/pedestrian bridges
Completed over the past dozen years, three stunning bicycle/pedestrian bridges now link the Purdue University-Fort Wayne campus trail network to the City of Fort Wayne’s Rivergreenway System. It’s hard to describe how impressive these three structures are, but the architectural … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, cities, economic development, education, fitness, fun, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, biking, Fort Waune, greenways, hiking, Indiana, trails, walking
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Chris*craft flotilla
Just a few of the classic Chris*craft motorboats that were tooling around Lake Wawasee, Indiana on Sunday morning June 28, 2020. Each Sunday between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend anywhere between 14 and 30 of these lovely watercraft … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, classic vehicles, culture, entertainment, fun, historic preservation, history, placemaking, product design, recreation, technology, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged boating, boats, Chris*craft, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, motorboats, watercraft
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The South Shore Line – Indiana’s Gift to Passenger Rail
We had the honor and thrill of riding the entire length of the South Shore Line round trip between South Bend (Airport Station) and Chicago (Millennium Station) and back over Mother’s Day weekend. Sometimes dubbed as America’s last Interurban, the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, cities, electric vehicles, fun, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, spatial design, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Indiana, South Shore Line, trains
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Anatomy of a perfect sunset
The sunset yesterday evening (Saturday, Sept. 27th) at Lake Wawasee, Indiana had to be one of the most spectacular ever seen here at the lake or anywhere else for that matter. Below is a progressive series of ten photos I … Continue reading
Posted in art, environment, fun, geography, nature, peace, pictures
Tagged climate, environment, geography, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, nature, photos, pictures, sunsets, weather
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Six days, six lovely sunsets
Below are a series of six lovely sunsets taken this past week (Monday thru Saturday) at Lake Wawasee, Indiana.
Posted in Astronomy, environment, fun, geography, nature, pictures, seasons
Tagged Indiana, Lake Wawasee, photos, sunsets
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Why is Indiana off the beaten path?
There is but one lonely state that does not have a single inch of the National Trails System (Historic or Scenic) contained within its boundaries. Sadly, that is my birth state of Indiana. How can that be? Is Indiana so … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, aviation, bicycling, Biking, branding, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, military, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, States, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, biking, geography, George Rogers Clark, hiking, historic preservation, history, Indiana, John Dillinger, Johnny Appleseed, LaSalle, Monon Trail, National Trails System, North Country Trail, recreation, tourism, trails, travel, War of 1812, Wright Brothers
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Sailing – Earth’s most picturesque sport
Some may debate the assertion made in the title of this blogpost, but no one can deny there isn’t great beauty and elegance in skimming the waters of a lake, bay, harbor, gulf, sea, or ocean on a sleek, aerodynamic … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, art, civility, culture, entertainment, environment, fun, history, humanity, nature, pictures, placemaking, product design, sailing, sports, technology, tourism, Travel, writing
Tagged boating, E-scow, fun, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, Lightning, sail boats, sailing, sports, Sunfish, watercraft
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The spirit of the ‘transistor’ radio
One of my all-time favorite songs by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Rush is “Spirit of the Radio” from their 1980 album entitled Permanent Waves. This great Canadian rock band captures the free spirit of radio in its … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, Canada, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, entrepreneurship, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, internet, Language, marketing, music, music reviews, pollution, product design, psychology, Radio, Science, Social media, technology, Television, Trade
Tagged Admiral, advertising, Arvin, Canada, commerce, Heathkit, history, Indiana, Magnavox, marketing, Motorola, music, product design, Radio, RCA, Regency, Rush, Silvertone, Spirit of the Radio, transistor radios, Zenith
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What a croak (crock)!
The other day I heard about an upcoming action that will be taking place soon in Central Indiana that just has to make one wonder what the heck are people thinking. Some residents of a subdivision near Indianapolis are apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animals, cities, civics, civility, culture, environment, geography, Housing, land use, nature, peace, placemaking, planning, pollution, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, Wildlife
Tagged amphibians, animals, bull frogs, cities, environment, frogs, homes, hunting, Indiana, Indianapolis, land use, nature, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, wildlife
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