Removal of aging highways is a strategy some cities are using to try and boost their downtown districts http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0302/Downtown-need-a-makeover-More-cities-are-razing-urban-highways – Christian Science Monitor By Jeremy Kutner, Correspondent / March 2, 2011 New Haven, Conn. In New Haven, Conn., a mistake of the past – one that displaced hundreds, razed a neighborhood, and physically divided a city – is finally set to... Read more »
THE ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER 02.21.2011 Chicago’s Lawrence Avenue to Get a Trim Planned ‘road diet’ will bring bike lanes, street trees, and pedestrian amenities to major commercial corridor Lawrence Avenue east of Western Avenue will include curb extensions with bioswales and pedestrian refuges. Courtesy CDOT Crossing the street in Chicago is about to get a little... Read more »
More on the irrationality of current traffic congestion measures, from Gateway Streets, a St. Louis blog: “… a closer look at the data in the Urban Mobility Report reveals a puzzling fact: despite reduced congestion on the region’s roads, commutes in St. Louis are getting longer than ever before. Peak hour commuters spent an average... Read more »
As The I-81 Challenge – official decision-making process led by two entities, the New York State Department of Transportation and the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC), the region’s metropolitan planning organization (MPO) – gets into gear, the Rethinking I-81 blog will reopen for comments. Driven Apart: How sprawl is lengthening our commutes and why misleading mobility measures... Read more »
GreeningUSA presented the Onondaga Citizens League with its 2010 Community Advocacy Award for Community Awareness, recognizing OCL’s study, “What Does It Mean to be Green?” The goal of the study was to determine what a truly sustainable community looks like, and what implications this has for Onondaga County. The report calls on the community to... Read more »
