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Tag Archives: safety
Being seen: Furthering pedestrian safety at crossings
When crossing a street or roadway on foot, pedestrians must make sure that drivers are aware of them. Eye contact is especially important. Otherwise, pedestrians risk being added to the sobering pedestrian traffic death statistics in the United States. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, education, fitness, geography, government, health, Health care, highways, hiking, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking
Tagged beacons, biking, cities, flags, geography, hiking, land use, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, planning, safety, tourism, transportation, travel, walking
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Living amid an “Ecology of Fear”
I recently read Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by the late Mike Davis. It is an intriguing book that switches from whimsical to dark and foreboding at the turn of a page. In fact, the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Animals, archaeology, art, Asia, book reviews, books, branding, business, Canada, Cars, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, climate, climate change, commerce, Communications, culture, demographics, density, diversity, economic development, economics, ecosystems, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, film, fun, futurism, geography, Geology, government, Guns, Handguns, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, human rights, humanity, immigration, inclusiveness, India, industry, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Latin America, literature, marketing, money, movies, music, natural history, nature, opinion, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, psychology, racism, reading, Religion, revitalization, schools, Science, Science fiction, Sexism, Small business, social equity, Social media, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, Television, theaters, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, unemployment, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, weather, Wilderness, Wildlife, Women, writing, zoning
Tagged authors, book reviews, books, California, culture, culture wars, diversity, dystopia, environment, extrapolative, fear, geography, history, hope, inclusivness, literature, Los Angeles, maps, Mike Davis, opinion, planning, safety, security, The Ecology of Fear, writing
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Poll about the future of the Boeing 737 Max
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, commerce, deregulation, government, product design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged 737 Max, air travel, aircraft, airplanes, Boeing, design, safety
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Doomsday Bunker Cities and Towns
The following post lists known bunker cities and towns that have been built as a way to survive a nuclear or biological holocaust and/or maintain continuity of government. Many were constructed during the Cold War era, some of which are … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, book reviews, books, cities, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, place names, politics, tourism, tunnels
Tagged bunkers, Cold War, safety, underground structures, war
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An image of human-made Earth acne
The image below is a satellite photograph of the Cananea Copper Mine in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. As the old adage states, “a picture says a thousand words.” In this case, most of those words would be negative. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, globalization, government, health, history, Labor, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, North America, pictures, politics, pollution, visual pollution
Tagged Cananea, copper, ecology, environment, geography, geology, government, health, inaction, labor, land use, Mexico, mining, photos, politics, pollution, safety
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Whose sidewalk is it anyway?
Recently, I have noticed two things about public sidewalks that seem to be amiss. The first is, why do property owners or businesses and their private landscapers insist on installing their sprinkler systems within the public right-of-way to water the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, bicycling, cities, civics, fitness, infrastructure, trails, transportation, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged biking, cities, dogs, infrastructure, invisible fence, pets, safety, sidepaths, sidewalks, sprinklers, walking, water, zoning
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Where dogs go postal
Here’s the 2014 list of the cities with the most postal carrier dog bites. Initially, it appears that Houston sits atop the list as the bad doggy capital of America. But, when the numbers provided below are calculated in terms … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cities, civics, civility, geography, government, health, Health care, humanity, North America, Pets, Statistics, walking
Tagged animals, cities, civics, dogs, health, mail, mail delivery, Post Office, safety, walking
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Book review of “Pedaling Revolution”
I have just wrapped up reading the fine book, Pedaling Revolution, by author Jeff Mapes. The subtitle of How Cyclists are Changing American Cities best describes the premise of his book, as Mr. Mapes thoughtfully explores the promises and pitfalls … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, diversity, economics, education, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, health, hiking, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, literature, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, product design, recreation, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, writing
Tagged active transportation, bicycling, biking, book reviews, books, cities, civics, cycling, exercise, fitness, health, Jeff Mapes, land use, literature, Pedaling Revolution, safety, transportation, writing
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A titanic shift in bike helmet design
In our quest to find a folding bicycle helmet for use while traveling, Kathy made me aware of a new helmet technology that some (like me) will consider a titanic shift from the traditional bicycle helmet design paradigm – the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Communications, economic development, entrepreneurship, Europe, health, marketing, product design, recreation, Science, spatial design, sports, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycling, biking, fashion, helmets, Hovding, riding, safety, Sweden, technology, transportation, University of Lung
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Prudent planner ideas based on the Winter of 2014
Given the truly delightful winter we have been suffering through this year, I thought it might be a good idea to list off some suggestions for us planners to consider for addressing potential future winter mayhem. You can never be … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Biking, Cars, cities, climate change, energy, environment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, nature, placemaking, planning, product design, satire, sustainability, transit, transportation, urban planning, weather, zoning
Tagged civics, climate, cold, emergency preparedness, Ice, planning, safety, seasons, snow, transit, transportation, urban planning, weather, winter
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