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The Problem With Traffic Lights

I had always thought that traffic lights calmed traffic.  But last week at the Partners for Smart Growth conference in Kansas City, I learned that at least sometimes, there was a better alternative.   Some of us went on a tour of the city's Westside neighborhood.  The neighborhood's major intersection once had traditional red, yellow and green lights, and now has a blinking red light telling drivers to slow down (essentially a kind of electronic stop sign). 

CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Amsterdam, Where The Bicycle Rules...

This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.

The below post is a City Spotlight on bicycle culture in Amsterdam and comes courtesy of Katie Poppel, University of Cincinnati Planning student, former CNU intern, and current Amsterdam resident. Read Katie’s first post on The Parking War in Cincinnati here.

Urban Mobility: Thinking Ahead is Half the Journey

The following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid