Cities

John Norquist on the Stimulus Bill

Back in December at the 8664.org Annual Public Forum, we had a chance to talk with distinguished guest John Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee...

Learn Bike Safety From A Devilish 1972 Comic

Here's a really strange comic book released in 1972 by the Highway Safety Division of Virginia meant to teach bike safety to children. Called...

Video: Do You Know How To Lock Up Your Bike?

Here's an interesting video from Streetfilms with bike mechanics Hal Ruzal and Kerri Martin as they walk around the streets of New York City grading...

Video: Giving The Bike Lane Its Own Traffic Light

Check out this bike crossing in Portland, Oregon. The Art of Placemaking tipped us to this one in a recent piece about moving people...

Standing Under The Highway, Regretting

Well, after yesterday's release of KYTC's kinda-sorta study of the 8664.org proposal, we wanted to take a closer look at what is actually planned...

Alternative Transportation: Pedicabs

Maybe you've seen them traversing the busy weekend streets of Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue: Pedicabs, also known as bicycle rickshaws, are becoming a...

Book Review: “Traffic” by Tom Vanderbilt

The New York Times recently reviewed Tom Vanderbilt's new book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do. Here's what they had to say: Traffic jams...

The Future of Suburbia

The New York Times offered insight into the future of suburbs over the next 40 years. "Given the economic changes of the past several months,...