by meg | Dec 28, 2015 | Bikes & Peds, Transportation
As 2015 comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at how the year went for bicyclists, pedestrians, and Transfort riders. The following timeline is color coded. There were some incredibly sad events this year, including pedestrian and cyclist deaths. These...
by meg | Dec 21, 2015 | Multi-Modal Culture
“I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems.” — Stewart...
by meg | Dec 18, 2015 | Environmental Sustainability
This past Monday I attended a public open house for the City’s Climate Action Plan. It was a standing room only event. Back in March, the city council unanimously passed one of the most aggressive municipal plans to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions. The...
by meg | Dec 14, 2015 | Multi-Modal Culture
“Car culture is really a brief 50- or 60-year blip in history.” — Gabe Klein, Zipcar founder. The winter solstice is next week (December 22nd), that time of year when the days stop getting shorter and start to get longer. During this time of still waning...
by meg | Dec 11, 2015 | Bikes & Peds, Infrastructure, Transportation
The southeast end of town has had roundabouts for awhile now, and all of them tend to be on fairly calm streets. But the north side is starting to get several new roundabouts and they’re predominantly located along arterials, which means more traffic and fewer...
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