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Fighting for Safe and “Complete” Streets in Illinois

By rdahl@pps.org on Oct 23, 2007 | Add Comment

Lawmakers in Illinois are recognizing what is becoming common sense across the country — that our roads need to serve everyone using them, whether they are driving, walking, bicycling, or catching the bus.  There was a unanimous vote under which the Illinois Department of Transportation must include safe bicycling and walking routes in all planning [...]

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GSA Renews Commitment to Enhancing Public Spaces

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. General Services Administration, manager of 8,600 federal properties across the nation and steward of 425 historic landmarks, has published a new workbook to help guide GSA property managers on how to enhance public spaces in federal buildings.

“Federal buildings in many communities are the government’s most [...]

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PBS – To Market to Market To Buy a Fat Pig DVD available

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

To Market to Market to Buy a Fat Pig is a celebration of market houses, market places and farmers’ markets across the United States. Rick Sebak checks out crab cakes in Baltimore’s Lexington Market, shops with a chef in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty Farmers’ Market and attends a tomato tasting in Asheville, North Carolina. This [...]

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Limitless in $220 million Vietnam mixed use development

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 10, 2007 | Add Comment

Limitless, the Dubai real estate developer and part of the conglomerate Dubai World, has announced it will build a US$220 million, mixed-use project in Vietnam.

The announcement comes as HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, is on a state visit to Vietnam to discuss bilateral relations.

Halong Star, a [...]

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Despite Objectors, Skateboard Park Idea Grows

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 5, 2007 | 1 Comment

For one skateboarding advocate here, creating a system of skate parks in West Seattle isn’t just about building places to do aerials and flip tricks.

So far it’s just a blueprint with no funding, but the citywide skate park plan is gaining momentum in West Seattle, fueled by passionate skaters like West Seattle resident [...]

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University of Hawai‘i and Hunt Development Group Agreement Advances UH West O‘ahu Campus Plans

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 5, 2007 | Add Comment

HONOLULU — A signing ceremony for the sale of 298-acres at Kapolei between the University of Hawai‘i and Hunt Development Group was held earlier this week in Bachman Hall with University President David McClain, UH West O‘ahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni, Chris Hunt and Steve Colon of Hunt Development Group.

“The new UH West O‘ahu [...]

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Main Street earns good review

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 5, 2007 | Add Comment

A very important day for Portland Main Street was held on Aug. 22, 2007. The Main Street program that economically revitalizes traditional downtowns was reviewed by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). Main Street is a nationally recognized program led by the National Main Street Center.

Currently, there are 13 Michigan Main Street Cities [...]

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NYC Century Bike Tour

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 5, 2007 | Add Comment
6,000 Cyclists, 5 route options, the #1 best way to see New York City. Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Choose Your Distance, Ride Your Pace: 100, 75, 55, 35 and 15 mile routes.

The Century is your ride—as challenging or relaxing as you choose, but always fun and rewarding. All routes have been carefully designed [...]

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Mixed-Use Development Impacting Neighborhoods

By rdahl@pps.org on Sep 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

A mixed-use development project that is getting mixed-reviews from resident in Grand Junction, CO.

Mixed-use development is springing up on First and Patterson Streets. People who live in the area say they are concerned about the impact it will have on their neighborhood.

Wendy Hoffman says she’s not sure what to think about the [...]

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Rivertown: Rethinking Urban Rivers

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

Today’s urban riverfronts are changing. The decline of river commerce and riverside industry has made riverfront land once used for warehouses, factories, and loading docks available for open space, parks, housing, and nonindustrial uses. Urban rivers, which once functioned as open sewers for cities, are now seen as part of larger watershed ecosystems. Rivertown examines [...]

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Video on Urban Planning and Traffic in NY

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

The Open Planning Project founder Mark Gorton in NY talks with “Gridlock Sam” Schwartz about about history of DOT in NYC, car-free Cental Park, and general transportation policy. It gives a great history of the evolution of transportation thinking and policy in NY over the last 40 years.

Click here to watch the video. [...]

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Secretary Peters Says Bikes “Are Not Transportation”

By rdahl@pps.org on Aug 27, 2007 | Add Comment

On PBS’ “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” this week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said that instead of raising taxes on gasoline to renew the nation’s sagging infrastructure, Congress should examine its spending priorities — including investments in bike paths and trails, which, Peters said, “are not transportation.”
PBS has the full transcript, [...]

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