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Tag Archives: sidewalks
A single sidewalk can make a huge difference
It’s not often when one can witness the palpable difference infrastructure can make on the micro level. However, a small summer cottage beach neighborhood on Lake Wawasee, Indiana presents just such an opportunity. Here, the Natti Crow Beach neighborhood installed … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, Biking, civics, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, fun, health, hiking, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, lakes, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, third places, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged community, fitness, fun, infrastructure, neighborhood, placemaking, planning, sidewalks, walkable, walking
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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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Turning the bland into grand
As an avid bicycle commuter who resides in a community where bikes are permitted to ride along certain roadside paved pathways (sidewalks of 7-8 feet wide), I find the gray blandness of most sidewalks/pathways to be quite boring and uninspiring. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entrepreneurship, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged arts, bicycling, cities, infrastructure, landscape architecture, landscaping, pathways, sidewalks, streetscaping, trails, urban planning, walking
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