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Sustainable Streets are Safe Streets

By Barbara McCann / On November 11th, 2013
Sustainability is often approached as a technical challenge, something we “should” do, for the good of the planet and for the good of the next generation. But a push toward a more environmentally responsible future will not happen unless we care deeply. Such an emotional connection comes naturally only when an activity sustains us, right now.

NYC, after 12 years of Bloomberg

By Admin / On November 1st, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Gehl Architects Cities for People blog When Janette Sadik Khan and Amanda Burden visited CPH back in 2007, they were impressed with the overall vibe of the city as well as some of the practical design details.
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Complete Streets: Changing Design AND Decisions around the Nation

By Barbara McCann / On October 28th, 2013
The stories of success keep rolling in. Portland Maine turned summer maintenance projects into Complete Streets improvement opportunities. Detroit’s Woodward Avenue will be redesigned as a major transit corridor, while Lansing has received the state’s first counterflow bicycle lane, courtesy of MIDOT. And Helena, Montana is requiring sidewalks in new subdivisions.
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Contrasting Two Models of How Places Survive

By Charles R. Wolfe / On October 11th, 2013
Two September experiences reminded me of the strength and fragility of urban places, and the inherent ironies of surviving town forms. One such experience was here, at home, while preparing for a keynote address in New Hampshire scheduled for later this month. The other was on the road in southern France.
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More Bugs, More Plants: A Crash Course on Biophilic Cities

By Timothy Beatley / On October 2nd, 2013
Cross-posted at TheCityFix We need nature even more these days. As more people live in cities, nature offers a potent remedy to many of the environmental, economic, and emotional challenges presented by urban living. To address this, a new approach to urbanism has arisen – a “biophilic” urbanism – based on the assumption that contact with nature and the natural world is absolutely essential to modern urban life.
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Nature in Our Alleys

By Timothy Beatley / On July 9th, 2013
One key premise of our concept of Biophilic Cities is that nature is (and ought to be) all around us, nearby and readily accessible.
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DC's Green Lane Project

By Admin / On October 26th, 2012
  Courtney Lix, Assistant Editor, on DC's latest effort to improve cycling infrastructure for commuters like her.

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