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• It’s Been Fun…

  
  Urban Milwaukee — Authority: 125
  We’ve had a good run here at UrbanMilwaukee.com , but we’re shutting our doors, packing up the U-Haul, and moving to Portland, OR.  Well, no, not quite.  We spent last weekend exploring the great City of Portland, and the thought did cross our minds but we’re not going anywhere.  In fact we’ve just moved ...
  2 days ago

• Health is a rhythm

  
  twin city sidewalks — Authority: 111
  [One of the everyday urban rhythms and patterns from Christopher Alexanders " Timeless Way of Building ".] What is a city rhythm? Is is something we can see? Is is something we can change? This interesting article came out a little while back about an experiment in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to try and change the ...
  4 days ago

• “Dangerous by Design” Pedestrians in America

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 473
  Photo (cc) Brian’sLens Transportation For America released a report today on pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. ranking the top 52 metro areas over 1 million (Providence ranked 11th best). The results are not pretty: In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking ...
  5 days ago

• Dean Street update

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 473
  I posted about the work on the sidewalks on Dean Street last month. I had intended to head over to Planning to take a look at the plans for the street rebuild, but never got around to it. However, as work has progressed, one of my primary questions has been answered. The intersection of Federal and Dean is being ...
  1 week ago

• Reader Submission: The little things

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 473
  This post was submitted by a Greater City: Providence reader. I enjoy the discussions of big plans and projects like train stations and streetcars, but sometimes I despair of anything ever coming about in a city that can not accomplish the simplest, tiniest, glaringly, obviously necessary public works. These ...
  1 week ago

• Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 138
  Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure : UMNews : University of Minnesota A new study compares neighborhoods’ walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighborhoods might be good for walking, but have poor air quality. ...
  1 week ago

• Better crosswalks

  
  Planning Livable Communities — Authority: 99
  I’m pleased to see more visible crosswalks in a couple of key pedestrian crossing areas: the dangerous crossing from the parking lot to McAuliffe branch library, and the Potter Road/Elm Street intersection.At Potter Road there’s now a highly visible brick walkway, instead of the yellow lines on the street that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rainy Day, Farmers’ Market Day

  
  TechnoEarthMama — Authority: 117
  Today is the last day of the local farmers’ market, and it’s raining, and the farmers’ market is downhill, which means it’s uphill on the way back, and I’ve never yet managed to get up that hill without walking my bike. Yeah. So, while I’m waiting for the rain to maybe clear up or just stop for a little ...
  2 weeks ago

• Walkability of Cities and Higher Values Correlate

  
  Athens GA Properties - Athens Area Real Estate — Authority: 125
  By Selma Lewis, Research Economist In the report, “ Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities ” by Joseph Cortright, the authors analyzed data from 94,000 real estate transactions in 15 major markets provided by ZipRealty and found that in 13 of the 15 markets, higher levels of ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Dean Street access to Route 95

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 473
  Photo by Jef Nickerson On Monday, RIDOT will open new access from Dean Street northbound to 6/10 Connector inbound which provides direct access to Route 95 north and south. Photo by Jef Nickerson RIDOT will open the new left turn lane on Dean Street after the Monday morning rush. Prior to this left turn ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pedestrians take the Fun Path

  
  imagiNATIVEamerica.com — Authority: 467
  This video is incredible and does much to demonstrate the importance of an enjoyable path for pedestrians. Perhaps more abstract is the “fun” experienced by pedestrians on sidewalks full of people with opportunities for window shopping, but the theory is basically the same. (Thanks to Jan at The Happy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Walkable Communities Work

  
  TechnoEarthMama — Authority: 117
  The Oregonian makes it sound negative: “ Residents of transit-oriented Orenco Station still driving cars to work .” The Orenco Station development in Hillsboro, just outside Portland, Oregon, was planned around the MAX light rail line as it was being built. Yet a recent survey shows that most people are still ...
  4 weeks ago

• An Actual Hazard

  
  imagiNATIVEamerica.com — Authority: 467
  Cool graphic.  Take note of “Pedestrian Accidents.”
  4 weeks ago

• Zombies are People Too!

  
  twin city sidewalks — Authority: 111
  [A Zombie-American promoting car-free streets in George Romeros famous 1968 documentary on the subject .] The Zombie Pub Crawl , which took place this weekend*, is a time honored tradition of celebrating for good sidewalk and street planning in Minneapolis. Its a well-known fact that Zombies, re-animated ...
  4 weeks ago

• How To Add Value To Dallas Real Estate: Make Sure It Has Walkability

  
  Dallas Real Estate News, Housing Trends, Home Prices, Home Tours, Candy Evans, DallasDirt Blog D Magazine — Authority: 138
  Walkability raises home values in cities — not too surprising for any of us who have lived in a large metropolis — for me Chicago and New York. It gives you an instant understanding of the value of location when you are mere blocks from work, a market, a decent coffee shop and entertainment. So I was surprised to ...
  4 weeks ago

• A proposal for two-way Empire Street at LaSalle Square

  
  Greater City: Providence — Authority: 473
  Original drawing by RIDOT, modifications by Jef Nickerson • Click image to enlarge Last month we took a look at the city’s plans for the redesign of LaSalle Square . The city is planning to make Empire Street two-way for the entire length (from Weybosset/Broad to through the square to Sabin Street). The city ...
  8 weeks ago

• Friday is Walk to School Day in Crozet

  
  Real Central VA — Authority: 472
  Is this in effect at all of the schools in Charlottesville or Albemarle or just Crozet? Walk to School Day is this Friday, 18 September at Crozet Elementary … luckily I live about a mile from school , so we’ll be stopping at the Crozet Mudhouse for a breather. The last time I recall a Walk to School day ...
  8 weeks ago

• Friday is Walk to School Day in Crozet

  
  Real Central VA — Authority: 472
  Is this in effect at all of the schools in Charlottesville or Albemarle or just Crozet? Walk to School Day is this Friday, 18 September at Crozet Elementary … luckily I live about a mile from school , so we’ll be stopping at the Crozet Mudhouse for a breather. Search the Charlottesville MLS Copyright ...
  8 weeks ago

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