Who’s to Blame for Drive-to-Urbanism?
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Developments can have the trappings of a walkable place but still be very difficult to access without a car.
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Taco Bell Ditching Drive-Thrus in Cities
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The chain is planning to open more than 300 restaurants without drive-thrus by 2022.
Global Street Design Guide Now Available Free Online
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As of this week, the Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the public as for free online.
Paris to Return Its Great Public Squares to the People
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If you look at paintings from the pre-automotive era, Paris’s monumental public squares were full of people strolling comfortably. But over time, car traffic has consumed most of these squares. Now, under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris is setting out to remake the city’s squares as great public gathering places. The city is currently in the midst of an initiative to […]
People Won’t Ride the Tysons Corner Metro If They Can’t Walk to Stations
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A year after the Washington Metro opened the Silver Line in Northern Virginia, apartment rentals are booming and development is roaring ahead. But Martin Di Caro of WAMU reported Monday that the Metro itself isn’t meeting expectations: Only 17,000 riders board the Silver Line on a typical weekday, a figure that includes more than 9,100 […]
The Key Human Factors That Can Lead Any City to Transform Its Streets
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How did Portland get to be a national model for sustainable transportation and walkable development? Yes, Mayor Neil Goldschmidt stopped the Mount Hood Freeway from being built in 1974 and began negotiations that eventually led to the implementation of the urban growth boundary. But Goldschmidt didn’t do it alone. Grassroots activists from a group called […]