by meg | Feb 29, 2016 | Bikes & Peds, Transportation
According to the Fort Collins Traffic Code, there are three times when a person must dismount their bicycle: 1) If you’re in the dismount zone downtown. 2) If you’re in the dismount zone on campus. 3) If you’re anywhere else in town and there’s...
by meg | Feb 23, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
Since the beginning of civilization, communities have been built on a walkable scale. As hamlets grew into towns, and towns grew into cities, the community as a whole might not have been as easy to traverse, but boroughs or districts within the city remained walkable...
by meg | Feb 18, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
The introduction of the automobile significantly changed the way we build our cities and operate our businesses. Once this faster form of travel became available to the general public (thank you Henry Ford), communities could start to spread out in ways that were...
by meg | Feb 15, 2016 | Economic Sustainability, Local Business, Multi-Modal Culture, Transportation
A vibrant, sustainable economy is the ideal of any community. On February 4th, at the Saving Places conference in Denver, Kimber Lanning made the case that the key to a robust local economy is in having healthy locally owned businesses. She took a lot of ideas that...
by meg | Feb 13, 2016 | Bikes & Peds, Car Culture, Safety, Transportation
101. – Required obedience to Traffic Code. It is a violation of this Traffic Code for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this Traffic Code. (Ord. 016, 2003 §1) — The first statement in the Fort Collins Traffic Code...
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