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Sustainable Streets

Greening Streets: The First Step Towards Fixing Suburbs

December 21, 2011 by Kaid Benfield
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  We’ve made such a mess of the suburbs we constructed in the last fifty or so years that one wonders whether they can ever be made into something more sustainable.  Strip malls, traffic jams, cookie-cutter subdivisions, diminished nature, almost no sense of outdoor community.  We all know the drill: there are nice places...[read more]

How Cycling Became an Integral Part of Life in New York City

August 18, 2011 by This Big City
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I was in New York last week when it was announced that two-thirds of New Yorkers support bike lanes in their city. Cycling is now, undeniably, an integral part of life in the Big Apple. Famous images of New York nearly always emphasize the city’s skyline and streets gridlocked with yellow taxis. But New York isn’t all designer shopping...[read more]