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Smartphone Apps for Bike Advocacy

By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On September 17th, 2014

Adapted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s blog. With mapping technology and internet connectivity at our fingertips, it's never been more possible to collect reams of information about how individuals travel and engage with active transportation. 58% of American adults own smartphones, according to Pew Research, and this number is increasing.

Why Biking and Walking Advocates Love and Hate the Census

By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On July 29th, 2014

Reposted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog with permission. The American Community Survey (ACS), which is performed every year on a small percentage of the U.S. population, has one question that makes it especially important to biking and walking advocates:

#ForewordFriday: Better Together Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On June 6th, 2014

Can our infrastructure systems do more if they work together?

#ForewordFriday: The Joy of Cycling Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On May 16th, 2014

Fun bike racks make biking more appealing. Photo by Meghan Bartels.

Rants from the Hill: Road Captain

By Michael Branch / On April 29th, 2014

Rants from the Hill is cross-posted from High Country News

#ForewordFriday: Multifamily Livability Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On April 25th, 2014

How can multifamily housing be more livable?

#ForewordFriday: Bike Lane Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On March 28th, 2014

How do we create safe spaces for bikers and encourage cycling as an alternative to driving? That's the question the National Association of City Transportation Officials tackled with the Urban Bikeway Design Guide. Originally released as a binder, the guide has now been redesigned as a hardcover book for greater accessibility without sacrificing the detailed four-color graphics.

Executive Orders for 2014: Richard Willson

By Jason Leppig / On January 15th, 2014

Back in November of 2013, President Obama issued an executive order on climate preparedness. Because executive orders circumvent Congress within certain limits, they allow the president to implement action to address climate change and other issues. A few weeks ago I asked some of our authors to create their own executive orders to improve our handling of the environment. In this installment, we turn to the built environment.

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.

Making Downtowns Liveable

By Admin / On August 5th, 2013

Harold Henderson of Build a Better Burb interviewed author Ned Crankshaw, author of Creating Vibrant Public Spaces: Streetscape Design in Commercial and Historic Districts. He chairs the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Kentucky.

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