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Chicago Cracks Down on Dangerous Drivers

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 20, 2006 | Add Comment

Chicago DOT announced that this spring, traffic officers will pose as pedestrians, as part of an effort to crack down on drivers who endanger pedestrians.

Also as a part of Mayor Daley’s Safe Streets for Chicago plan, the city will be installing various safety measures, such as bulb-outs, elevated crosswalks, and pedestrian refuges in hazardous [...]

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Noise Pollution May Prompt Highway Cover-up in Oak Park, IL

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 19, 2006 | Add Comment

Highways are unwelcome, noisy, polluting neighbors to people who live near them. They’re so imposing that it’s hard to imagine making one disappear. But that’s exactly what Oak Park, IL, might do.  A group is proposing to turn 1 1/2 miles of an expressway into a tunnel, with a 60 acre park on top.

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Plans for a Walkable Minneapolis

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 18, 2006 | Add Comment

A newly formed non-profit group is focusing on developing a network of pedestrian-friendly routes in downtown Minneapolis.

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Holiday Markets a Boon for Downtowns

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 12, 2006 | Add Comment

Outdoor holiday markets are a boon for artisans who sell their wares, as well as for the downtowns that host the markets.  Organizers of holiday fairs in cities around the country have seen them grow in recent years. “They’re just sort of being rediscovered as a no-brainer for downtowns,” says Ethan Kent, vice president of [...]

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Have TODS Reached the Mainstream?

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 12, 2006 | Add Comment

“With the Wall Street Journal weighing in on transit-oriented development, has the movement that ties intensive, mixed land uses to transportation activity nodes finally reached the mainstream?” Asks Planetizen.

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Fair- and Foul-weather Cities Can Become Safer and Easier for Bicyclists

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 8, 2006 | Add Comment

“Chicago can be stiflingly hot during the summer and rain-chilled in the spring, and its wind-whipped winters are the stuff of legend. So when the subject is “bicycle commuting,” Chicago is not the first city that springs to mind. But it’s becoming a hot bike-to-work town. In the next decade, it plans to expand its [...]

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Interstate Bridge in Atlanta Remade into Pedestrian-friendly Mini-park

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 7, 2006 | Add Comment

“Atlanta’s newest park is planted in quite a place: 17 feet above Downtown Connector motorists.

There is nothing else like it in the state, say Georgia Department of Transportation officials. The Fifth Street Bridge, officially finished today, has more than tripled in size as it spans I-75/I-85 downtown, giving the feel of a garden rather [...]

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At New Trade Center, Seeking Lively (but Secure) Streets

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 7, 2006 | Add Comment

The experience of the new trade center will succeed or fail in how welcoming it is to pedestrians.

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Staying Mobile in America as we Add Millions

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 30, 2006 | Add Comment

“By 2043, we’re being told, there won’t just be 300 million of us — there will be 400 million. With the roadways around our metropolitan regions increasingly clogged, how will we ever stay mobile?

Depending on the tea leaves you choose, some vividly contrasting futures emerge.”

A commentary by Neal Peirce.

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A Plan for a Farmers-Only Market in Toronto

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 30, 2006 | Add Comment

“Bob Chorney wants to put farmers back in farmers’ markets.

The executive director of Farmers’ Markets Ontario is tired of so-called “hucksters” who simply resell produce they’ve purchased wholesale and then pass it off as their own at markets — often undercutting the prices of career farmers.

So Chorney is pitching a certified market for [...]

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The World’s 6 Most Beautiful Train Stations

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 29, 2006 | Add Comment

St. Pancras Station in London tops a list of the 6 most beautiful train stations in the world, chosen by Jonathan Glancey, Architecture Critic for The Guardian.

This image of St. Pancras (c) David Sillitoe, Guradian Unlimited

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San Diego’s Dedication to Public Space

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 29, 2006 | Add Comment

“What is the measure of a great city or urban region? Its education systems? Its arts? Its business inventiveness? All of the above. But the most overlooked measure is a city’s dedication to the public space.”

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