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Traffic is Endangering Atlanta’s Growth

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 31, 2007 | Add Comment

Metro Atlanta’s traffic congestion is endangering its future growth, according to one of the nation’s top site selection experts, who advises companies on where to send their jobs.

Atlanta’s traffic problem has put it “at the point of no return,” said Dennis J. Donovan. Lots of places have transportation funding problems, but Atlanta’s congestion is [...]

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Innovative Moves Underway at Dapper Market

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 17, 2007 | Add Comment

The 97 year old Dapper Market in Amsterdam was voted 2007 best market of the year in Holland. With 250 stalls operating 6 days a week from 9am to 5pm, Dapper Market enjoys 15,000 visitors a day which is a total of 4.6 million a year.

In a recent innovative move, an environmentally-friendly water [...]

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What Makes a Walkable City?

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 17, 2007 | Add Comment

An article about great pedestrian places in the U.S. and the local Minneapolis angle from Steve Berg.

What makes a city a good place to walk?

Minneapolis, MN

Bikeability? Excellent. No. 2 in the country.

Walkability? Not so good. No. 17 among the 30 top metro areas. Down among St. Louis, Detroit and Houston. [...]

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In Search of a Great Street

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 6, 2007 | Add Comment

Inspired by Las Ramblas in Barcelona, this article discusses what makes a good street – how elements come together to make streets “the river of life.” Community is influenced positively with pedestrian-friendly streetscapes that value social encounters, as primary to commercial endeavors.

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Discussion on Farmers Markets Impacts

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 6, 2007 | Add Comment

Discussion of environmental, economic, and taste benefits from buying locally produced food at farmer’s markets.

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NYC Plans to Increase Safety and Ease of City Cycling

By rdahl@pps.org on Dec 6, 2007 | Add Comment

Improvements include increased bike routes, brighter striping to ensure visibility, additional linkages between bike paths for safer rides, and over 700 new bike racks throughout the five boroughs by 2009. 

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What a `City of Neighborhoods’ Can Learn From a Book About Them

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 29, 2007 | Add Comment

Author of The Great Neighborhood Book Jay Walljasper shows how communities can become cities of great neighbors.

“Blessed with laws, humbled by climate, unburdened by history or destiny, Torontonians remake the world in their small communities, adding yoga, sweat lodge, dim sum or doughnuts to their lives.”

– Deanne Taylor, playwright, in [...]

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Markets as Both Feast and Spectacle

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 19, 2007 | Add Comment

Jonathan Player for the New York Times (London); Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images (Tokyo)

FROM LEFT Vegetables at Borough Market in London, open to the public on Friday and Saturday; tuna for auction at the Tsukiji market in Tokyo; stollen for sale at the traditional Christmas market in Dresden, Germany.

By Mimi [...]

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Fight for Pedestrians Rights in Athens

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 15, 2007 | Add Comment

Up against indifference from goverment officials and oppression from overpowering vehicles, young Athenians stand up to take back the sidewalks for pedestrians. Due to poor planning, limited space, and an increase in drivership, Athenian drivers have become accustomed to illegally parking on sidewalks and other walkways despite blockades, barriers, or restrictions. Due to the lack of [...]

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Mayors Plan for Walkable City Futures

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 15, 2007 | Add Comment

The United States Conference of Mayors held a two-day Climate Protection Summit on November 1 in Seattle . Mayors from around the country pledged to make their cities greener and more sustainable.

This effort will begin with scaling cities down to a more human level. ”Cities that are centered on people and public transit, not cars,” are [...]

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Libraries Reinvent Themselves with Placemaking

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 15, 2007 | Add Comment

New library designs are moving away from the quiet, institutionalized models of old. The next generation of libraries are using technology and placemaking to create community spaces, where “people can congregate, be comfortable,… meet neighbors and catch up on the news, learn and play and read.”

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Lessons Learned from Downtown Redevelopment

By rdahl@pps.org on Nov 15, 2007 | Add Comment

Small-scale revitalization takes shape in Albuquergue with large-scale impacts. The city opted to redevelop existing buildings, rather than tearing down their history. Small changes have resulted in a unique sense of place with a “human face” in the city’s downtown.

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