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Chicago Unveils Bike 2015 Plan
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:16amChicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley is making designs to hand off the mayoral baton to Rahm Emanuel...via bicycle relay race. Yesterday saw the release of Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan, a comprehensive program aimed towards improving cyclist safety and expanding Chicago's bicycling infrastructure.
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Highway to Boulevard?: Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by Colleen Foran on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 12:14pmIn 2008, it was announced that Seattle’s major north-south thoroughfare, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, was beyond repair and would need to be torn down by 2012.
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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 12:14amTake a moment to read Confessions of a Recovering Engineer here at the Strong Towns Blog. Good reading for anyone trying to sway opinion on road widths, speeds and other standards.
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Barnett lays out the facts on Seattle's Road Diets
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:50amErica Barnett, in a Publicola article, "Times Columnist Ignores the Facts on Road Diets" tears apart the arguments put forth by a recent Seattle Times columnist, Nicole Brodeur, on road diets -- see "Bike lanes... read more »
Walkable neighborhoods and subways may be why Washington DC is a leader in fighting obesity.
Submitted by Luke Hogan on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 4:51pmA New York Times article about the American obesity epidemic suggests that smart city planning can impact the health of residents. Of course, merely sitting on a train doesn't make people thin (although I think many of us wish it would!).
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Food, Energy, Transportation, Urban Design, Climate for an Eternity without Oil!
Submitted by kimgyr on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 8:48pm2. The specific challenges that we must all address are A) the production of food without petroleum – there were approximately 100 million Americans in 1915 and 21.5 million horses (≅5:1) to help
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Illinois a signature away from adopting CNT's Housing + Transportation Affordability Index
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 1:04pmAlthough they're still dithering when it comes to fixing Illinois' sinking financial ship, our General Assembly did something right this session: On April 27, 2010, the House passed legislation ado... read more »
Leading CNU Transportation Reformer featured on Planetizen
Submitted by Heather Smith on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 11:41amCheck out this Planetizen Story featuring CNU Board Member Norman Garrick's latest observations about the e
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Secretary LaHood: Policy statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation Regulations & Recommendations
Submitted by MKrusee on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:55pmSecretary Ray LaHood made this important announcement regarding highway funding and bike
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Brookings: Fastest growing poverty rates occur in suburbs
Submitted by rgallentine on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 12:01pmIn places where sprawl without smart regional planning continues its inexorable march outward (and with it its expensive, car-dependent attitude), it is unsurprising that these areas might also see ma
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