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Enrique Penalosa Wows the World Urban Forum

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2006 | Add Comment

“Enrique Penalosa presided over the transition of a city that the world–and many residents–had given up on. Bogota had lost itself in slums, chaos, violence, and traffic. During his three-year term, Penalosa brought in initiatives that would seem impossible in most cities, even here in the wealthy north. He built more than a hundred nurseries [...]

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Stockholm Congestion Charge is Successful

By jmichaelson@pps.org on Jun 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Stockholm has managed to decrease the number of cars downtown, reduce traffic back-ups, increase transit use, improve road safety, clean the air, make a city a more pedestrian-friendly place — all while raising revenue for the city.

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New Film Shows Route to Livable, Gridlock-Free Streets

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 21, 2006 | Add Comment

A new documentary Contested Streets explores ways cities around the world are breaking free from the chokehold of traffic, enhancing quality of life and environmental sustainability and allowing room for their economies to grow and flourish.  The film was produced by PPS’s partners in the NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign, Mark Gorton, director of the Lime [...]

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Jane Jacobs: A Public Celebration

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

Please join the Center for the Living City in celebrating the life of Jane Jacobs on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00 – 7:00, Washington Square Park, in front of the Arch, the site of her first victory over Robert Moses.

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Chinese Government Encourages More Bicycles, Fewer Cars

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

“Having spent the past decade pursuing a transport policy of four wheels rich, two wheels poor, the Chinese government has suddenly rediscovered the environmental and health benefits of the bicycle.

The construction ministry announced on Thursday that any bike lanes that have been narrowed or destroyed to make way for cars in recent years must [...]

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Chicago’s Proposal for 500-mile Network of Bike Paths

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

“Chicago is set to unveil new plans for becoming a bicyclist’s haven. And this time, it means business.

The new Bike 2015 Plan wastes little time on breezy rides in the park. Instead, the city’s Department of Transportation is bent on getting people to bike to work, to school, to stores and to mass [...]

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Filming Broadway, Block by Block

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

Nearly 400 filmmakers, amateurs and professionals, participated in a one-day documentary project to film every block of Broadway in New York City for one hour.

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Jane Jacobs’ Book on the Urban Life Cycle and Community Issues Still Resonates 45 Years Later

By ksalay@pps.org on May 31, 2006 | Add Comment

Jane Jacobs, who died last month at age 89, is best known as the author of the influential 1961 book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” Much of what she wrote is still relevant to 21st century challenges and discourse about smart growth, planning and land use regulation, urban revitalization, historic preservation and [...]

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Latest Surge in Fuel Costs Leads Americans to Re-Examine Alternative Transportation

By ksalay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work.
Cycling to work is just one way Americans are seeking relief from skyrocketing gas prices. People who normally drive to work are riding public buses and trains, working [...]

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NYC Streets Renaissance Exhibit Moves to Times Square

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

The NYC Streets Renaissance exhibit, Livable Streets: A New Vision for New York, has moved from the Municipal Arts Society to the lobby of 4 Times Square, the Conde Nast Building.

The exhibit will focus on a vision for Broadway as a grand boulevard containing more than 20 unique destinations, with Times Square as the [...]

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‘Skinny Streets’ Movement Winning Wider Acceptance

By ksalay@pps.org on May 17, 2006 | Add Comment

“If you think the highest and best use of a street is to move as many cars as fast as possible, shrinking the pavement probably seems counterintuitive, if not downright loony.

But it’s starting to happen here and there, in Madison, Milwaukee, suburban Green Bay and neo-traditional subdivisions around the country. Hooray for the “skinny [...]

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Farmers Market Offers Valet Parking for Bikes

By ksalay@pps.org on May 17, 2006 | Add Comment

In an effort to get folks out of their cars and onto their bikes, city officials and cycling clubs are sponsoring a bike valet for the Farmer’s Market in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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