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If You Build It with Less Parking, They Will Still Come

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

We’re nearly a couple of weeks into baseball season, and fans of the Washington Nationals are enjoying their new transit-, bike- and pedestrian-friendly stadium. The DC complex, with its transit links, shuttle buses and valet bike parking, is so accessible — and city efforts to encourage fans to get there by alternate means so […]

Finally, Parking Meters Where Bikes Belong

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sacramento sends cyclists a clear sign that it’s okay to hitch your bike to a parking meter. The City of Sacramento is converting defunct parking meters into officially sanctioned bike racks, the Sacramento Bee reported last month. After replacing its traditional meters with solar-powered, Muni-style pay stations, the city came up with this nifty purpose […]

A Lesson from Barcelona from 1859

By Damien Newton | Apr 2, 2008 | No Comments

A Map of the Barcelona of the Future from The Project for the Reform and Extension of Barcelona in 1859 In 1859, Ildefons Cerdá released an urban plan for the city of Barcelona called "The Project for the Reform and Extension of Barcelona" which called for expanding the city around what we would today call […]

Eyes on the Street: Portland Bike Boxes

By Damien Newton | Mar 26, 2008 | 3 Comments

Not only are Portland, Oregon’s new bike boxes to be accompanied by a motorist safety campaign, they’re also making them hard for drivers to miss at street level. Note the "Get Behind It" sign to the right. Compare the Portland version to a New York bike box: Could this be the model for bike safety […]

Colored Bike Lanes Come to Tempe

By Damien Newton | Mar 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

This Vancouver Street Shows Two Bike Amenities We Should See in L.A.: Bike Boxes and Colored Lanes Los Angeles cyclists, long jealous of the bike amenities in Portland, Vancouver and cities throughout Europe, can add a new city to the list of those thinking more progressively about bike facilities: the City of Tempe. The smallish city […]

StreetFilm: Traffic Calming Done Right in Melbourne

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

Clarence Eckerson files this report (and StreetFilm) from Melbourne, Australia: This city really is wonderful. Art, happiness, liveliness, and good walkingeverywhere (between daily runs and walking I am averaging about 10 milesper day). The incredible thing is the TRAFFIC CALMING. Unless you are on areal highway no matter where you go there is […]

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