Portland, Oregon has begun to install separated bicycle lanes called cycle tracks, a move that has also recently taken place at varying levels in New York City, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Indianapolis. We’ve promoted the idea of using cycle tracks to provide safer and more bicycle-friendly routes to parks, and to connect parks and other [...]
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Kids rally to save Rice Field Park in Des Moines. ABC 5 has the story about the kids and their organizer, an 11-year old who says the field is the heart of their community. Archpaper covers the plans to redevelop 65 acres in the Port of San Francisco for recreational & commercial use. Birds, people, [...]
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Each Year, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) recognizes one urban public space with the Amanda Burden Open Space Award, whose generous $10,000 prize rewards the project that has most “enriched and revitalized its surrounding community.” The award’s twelve person jury recently named its six finalists, chosen from a pool of 88 applicants. These included Pittsburgh’s [...]
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We recently wrote about cities building bike stations, and that these are facilities that can fit well within parks. Now, the National Association of Transportation Officials and Streefilms teamed up to bring us a nice video on Chicago’s Millennium Park Cycle Center. As one interviewee says, “I think it’s the best thing in Chicago.” The [...]
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