April 2012
93 posts
“Cities across the U.S. are building major networks of bike lanes and it appears...”
– ~ Thom Tilma, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition
GR wants to add 100 miles of bike lanes
“The success of environmentalism has been total—at the price of its soul.”
– Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist | Orion Magazine and the Dark Mountain Project
“I am going to go out walking.”
Reaction via Grist
Americans Do Not Walk The Walk, And That’s A...
“once a city begins to think urbanistically, they start to solve some really hard...”
– Special Districts Getting All Mixed Up | PlaceShakers and NewsMakers
“What we’re actually looking forward to is a time down the road where this is a...”
– Michigan State proposes 100-acre, $100-million urban-farming research center in Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
“If you’re in a car, a parking lot is an obstacle course to negotiate. If...”
– Book Review: Rethinking a Lot - WSJ.com
“The problem quite simply is speed. Motorists want more of it, while revitalizing...”
– L.A.’s One Way Proposal Goes The Wrong Way | Planetizen
Traffic, get over it. Concentrate on place.
“No doubt, the road will probably win—as roads almost always do in these battles.”
– Colorado’s I-70 Reconsidered in light of social shifts
“The damage cars have inflicted on cities seems so ordinary now, we take it for...”
– How the young are still waging the war on the car - thestar.com
The future will be different.
“each additional hour you spend driving is associated with a 6% increase in...”
– Small Changes That Take Off Big Pounds - Prevention.com
Plus 14 other smart tips…walk it.
“It’s about getting you where you need to go and creating viable, vibrant places.”
– Transportation Odyssey in review
Nice photos…who’s the photog!?!
“An increase of risk in this magnitude is about the same as what we observe on...”
– Death and Taxes Collide as Fatal Crashes Mount on IRS Filing Day - Bloomberg
Stay calm and continue on—it’ll be alright.
“to those uninitiated in the joys of biking, I might have just as well said I...”
– Tiny Helmets Big Bikes
Moms on bikes! 