by meg | Jan 19, 2018 | Past and Future, Transit
Old streetcar tracks were uncovered today buried under a section of Walnut street. The City is in the process of replacing water pipes that are over 100 years old and it was while digging up the street for that project that the old tracks were found. Though the wood...
by meg | May 29, 2017 | Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Past and Future, Transportation
By redesigning our world for cars, we have damaged the walkability and bikeability of our communities. Before the introduction of the automobile, cities and towns were naturally built on a human scale. It simply wasn’t feasible to do otherwise. But as cars...
by meg | May 13, 2016 | Past and Future, Transportation
Every generation grows up thinking that, for the most part, things behave today much like they always have. So when it comes to transportation issues, we can’t imagine life without a car because we’ve grown up in a world where automobiles are not only...
by meg | Apr 22, 2016 | Past and Future, Transportation
Once upon a time in Fort Collins, traffic incidents were listed in the paper. … and it named names! The following infractions were listed in the November 20, 1963 Fort Collins Coloradoan. A retyped version follows (for anyone using a text reader). Clipping from...
by meg | Apr 8, 2016 | Infrastructure, Past and Future, Transportation
As Fort Collins grows, both from newcomers moving in from elsewhere and younger generations being born and growing up within the city, the percentage of people who have lived here for decades and remember the history of the city dwindles. But it’s important to...
by meg | Jan 4, 2016 | Past and Future, Transportation
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that transportation issues haven’t always been what they are today. In fact, many of the forms of transportation we use today weren’t even a twinkle in an inventor’s eye just a couple of centuries ago. Sometimes...
