“Love can build a bridge” says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, VA it’s going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and The Community Foundation are launching […]
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It Takes More than Love to Build a Bridge
Monday, May 23rd, 2011League of American Bicyclists: RESCISSIONS AND RESTORATION
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS
Rescissions are essentially a book keeping measure when properly administered. It allows USDOT to recoup unspent funds. However, some state DOTs have turned into an opportunity to gut neglected bicycle and pedestrian funding sources in order to preserve favored programs.
Guest on The Infra Blog: David C. Chavern, Executive Vice President & COO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
David C. Chavern is executive vice president and chief operating officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He serves as chair of the Chamber’s Management Committee and is responsible for day-to-day operations as well as long-term planning. This includes responsibility for a range of policy, financial, administrative, and legal operations. Chavern also oversees several revenue operations, including corporate partnerships and small business outreach and membership.
View this complete post...Creating Convenient Cycling in Chicago
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
CYCLINGMOBILITY
To the uninitiated, Chicago seems like an unlikely place for cyclists, and with good reason. It’s big: with almost 3 million residents, it’s the third largest city in the United States. It’s intimidating: Chicago’s nearly 596 square kilometers of land area are latticed with congested streets and highways. And its weather is far from cyclist-friendly: the city’s bipolar climate fluctuates between teeth-chattering, snow-spattering winters and sweat-drizzling, sidewalk-sizzling summers. But even so, this metropolis reached a bicycle commuter mode share of 1.15% in 2009 – an increase of 129% since 2000.
Public Support for Street-Scale Urban Design Practices and Policies to Increase Physical Activity
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Street-scale urban design policies are recommended to increase physical activity in communities…Two-thirds of adults were willing to take civic action to support local street-scale urban design policy.
ESTIMATING THE EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS OF PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE, AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
Monday, January 17th, 2011
POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
We are particularly interested in examining the differences in employment resulting from different project types: those that focus on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and those that do not. Using an input-output model, we evaluate project-specific data provided by the City of Baltimore. We find that pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects create 11-14 jobs per $1 million of spending while road infrastructure projects create approximately 7 jobs per $1 million of expenditures.
NYC: Prospect Park West, Before & After Bike Lanes
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
-Weekday cycling has nearly TRIPLED
-Percentage of cyclists riding on the sidewalk fell to 3% from 46%
-BEFORE: 3 of every 4 vehicles broke speed limit; AFTER: Only 1 in 6 vehicles exceed speed limit
Investments for a Competitive and Healthy Minnesota: A Playbook for Minnesota’s New Governor
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
About 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Minnesota needs a transportation system that is safer, enhances and preserves communities, and saves families and businesses money through greater reliance on public transit, bicycling, and walking, and better maintenance of the infrastructure we already have. Transportation is about much more than getting from A to B. It is not an end, but it should be a means for a community to achieve broader goals of economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and environmental sustainability.
Streetfilms: Revisiting Donald Appleyard’s Livable Streets
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
“Fixing the Great Mistake” is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions continue to affect our lives today.
View this complete post...Creating Community-Based Brownfield Redevelopment Strategies
Monday, November 1st, 2010
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
Brownfields are sites that have, or are perceived to have, contamination. They range in size from a single lot to a multiacre postindustrial site. Brownfields can be found in almost every community in the U.S. Though often thought of as eyesores that plague a community and stall its progress, this guide encourages communities to think of brownfields as community assets.
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