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Law-breaking cyclists: the answer
"After the [bike] signal was installed, the percentage of people on bikes disregarding the signal dropped from 66 percent to 13 percent."
portland  urbanstudies  bicycling  bike-vs-car 
september 2011 by epersonae
What happens first in Vegas: bike lanes or bikes? | Grist
"I can't help but think of the Interbike show, which will soon descend on the Strip, as it does every year. It's a jarring juxtaposition: the broken built environment on the outside and the manicured bike utopia on the inside."
eco  bicycling  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
september 2011 by epersonae
New York - Empire of Evolution - NYTimes.com
evolution in urban environments: ants, fish, mice, bacteria.
science  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
When design kills: The criminalization of walking | Grist
"Yes, you heard that right. The mother, who was also struck and injured, was charged with vehicular homicide, second degree, in the death of her son."
eco  bike-vs-car  transit  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
Gettin' the wheels turning. - bicycles bicyclesafety transportation | Ask MetaFilter
bicycling  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
A Flock of Lawn Flamingos, by Pat Murphy
"Live Oak Estates was a pleasant little townhouse development in a pleasant little California town. I lived there peacefully enough, until Joan Egypt moved in and everything changed."
writing  arts  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
"We Don't Need None of That Smart-Growth Communism" | Mother Jones
Tea Partiers freaking out about planning: ""compact development" aka "smart growth", aka "New Urbanism", aka "Traditional Neighborhood Design", aka "Transit Oriented Development", aka "Livable Communities", aka "Sustainable Development." These are all names meaning the same thing: they are anti-suburban, high-density dwelling design concepts that are part of the UN's Agenda 21 and will make single family home ownership for our posterity unattainable." WTF?
politics  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The Case for Not-Quite-So-High-Speed Rail
"Europe’s high-speed trains, like the German Intercity-Express, get all the attention, but we should aspire first to match its conventional rail service, which is faster than ours" - and MORE RELIABLE. I would seriously look at taking the train to PDX or BC if I trusted that they would be on time, and run frequently enough to make sense.
eco  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
3quarksdaily: Density, destiny and other convenient anagrams
"So where do planners fit in? One possible answer [is] that the responsibility is for planners to mold density into opportunity, that is, density must become an asset and not a liability." Also: gondolas!
urbanstudies 
may 2011 by epersonae
ex parking meter | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
meter turned into bike lockup. brilliant.
bicycling  seattle  urbanstudies 
april 2011 by epersonae
Seoul tears down an urban highway and the city can breathe again | Grist
lovely, really.
eco  urbanstudies 
april 2011 by epersonae
NACTO urban bikeway design guide
bicycling  local  eco  olympia  bpac  urbanstudies 
march 2011 by epersonae
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles - NYTimes.com
Reasonable thoughts abt modes over long distances. (Similar charts could be made for short distances w/bike, bus, walk, drive.)
eco  urbanstudies 
march 2011 by epersonae
Much of Rural America Still Struggles With Broadband Access - NYTimes.com
sweet that the local library leaves their wifi on all night so people can get online in the parking lot.
politics  wifi  misctech  urbanstudies 
february 2011 by epersonae
National Broadband Map
gis  wifi  misctech  urbanstudies  webdev 
february 2011 by epersonae
If you love nature, move to the city - The Boston Globe
denser human populations -- all other things being equal -- produce fewer carbon emissions. (I'm wondering how to include transport of food into that equation.)
eco  urbanstudies 
february 2011 by epersonae
If the world’s population lived in one city… « Per Square Mile
fascinating maps
infographic  urbanstudies 
february 2011 by epersonae
A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation - NYTimes.com
restless math guy! but some interesting ideas that would be worth following up on by someone persistent.
science  urbanstudies 
december 2010 by epersonae
Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
"What once was a labor-intensive, back-breaking job has now become a snap with this automatic Dutch paver laying machine"
eco  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
Main Page - Epic Transit Journeys
mostly in WA, but some in OR & BC.
local  eco  weird  portland  seattle  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
A Journey from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. on Transit - Seattle Transit Blog
"If you’re feeling adventurous and have the time, it is possible to travel from Seattle to Vancouver on public transit by making a series of transfers and some walking or cycling across the border."
local  seattle  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
What is Open311? | Open311
politics  urbanstudies  webdev 
november 2010 by epersonae
What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York | Magazine | Wired.com
"a pilot program in Brooklyn sponsored by OpenPlans that scouted areas needing bike racks by encouraging people to “take pictures of places where there are bikes locked up to every object in sight—to show the demand.”" lots of good stuff here, but this bit gave me an idea...
bpac  politics  local  olympia  bicycling  misctech  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
Feral Houses | sweet juniper!
amazing photos.
photography  urbanstudies 
october 2010 by epersonae
The future of urban agriculture is not about the 10-mile diet | Feeding the City | Grist
"Benfield doesn't hesitate to ask difficult questions about the experiments in agricultural urbanism that reverse this order." (ie, humans at the center of metro areas, natural systems left alone at the edges.)
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2010 by epersonae
Who Are You Calling Dense? - NYTimes.com
"Trantor [capital city of Galactic Empire in the Foundation series] would have a population density of about 600 per square mile; New Jersey has more than 1100 people per square mile."
writing  urbanstudies 
august 2010 by epersonae
Vo company files for bankruptcy - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
yipes...although strangely, I'm not at all surprised.
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
august 2010 by epersonae
Getting Off Oil: Forget Hybrids And Solar Panels, We Need Active, Exciting and Vibrant Cities : TreeHugger
using this as a reference in a blog post I'm working on.
eco  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
The City’s Bike Master Plan Needs an Update | PubliCola - Seattle's News Elixir
bicycling  local  seattle  portland  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
What Dan Kildee wants America to learn from the sorry tale of Flint, Mich. - By Gordon Young - Slate Magazine
consolidating, mostly.
urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
Nursing Home for Your Backyard in a Medical Care Cottage
another tiny-house concept. basically, the "mother-in-law cottage" taken to the next level with health care services.
adu  society  health  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
Forcing Bars To Provide Parking Is Not A Good Idea — Sightline Daily - Northwest News that Matters
indeed. (parking minimums lead to the visual HORROR that is the shopping center near my office. acres of almost always empty concrete.)
eco  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
Geoff Teehan’s eminent domain
"Before we go any farther, isn’t that house adorable? Keep your reaction in mind, because I’ll shortly be asking you to honour it." fascinating story...cute house, too. I hope it doesn't get torn down!
accessibility  architecture  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
Chambers Lake Basin developments - Google Maps
local  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
2025 RTP
doesn't work on Mac/Firefox?
local  olympia  eco  bicycling  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
Free parking wins - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"The Olympia City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to defeat a plan to start charging $1 an hour at 49 new parking pay stations downtown June 1." ugh. idiots. (for one thing, the meters are already in!) IMHO, the person to target to reverse this is Karen Rogers. Roe, Strub & Ottavelli unlikely to change their minds. IIRC, Roe ran on a "free parking" platform.
local  olympia  politics  urbanstudies 
may 2010 by epersonae
Tacoma Tomorrow: Tacoma to Olympia: By Bus
local  eco  politics  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
50 Japanese town logos with kanji ::: Pink Tentacle
also, crying out to be sci-fi flags!
design  arts  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
My view from atop the table at the National Bike Summit - Welcome to the FastLane: The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
"This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized." (I think he puts the emphasis in the wrong place: the key bit is "at the expense of non-motorized")
bicycling  bike-vs-car  eco  politics  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
PBIC Image Library
pictures of bikes, pedestrians, etc.
photography  bicycling  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
siteplan_600.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x877 pixels)
west olympia
local  olympia  library  ena  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
How 1Gbps fiber came to Cleveland's poorest, free of charge
"he wants the entire deployment to be 'mayor-proof'"
wifi  nonprofit  academia  politics  misctech  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Toxic Waters - Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly - NYTimes.com
"the average age of the [DC] water pipes was 76, nearly four times that of the oldest city bus"
eco  politics  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
How Many Hours Do We Waste in Traffic in Major U.S. Cities? » INFRASTRUCTURIST
Go Washington state! Seattle is the only city shown that CUT travel times! :)
local  eco  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Bicyclist Safety and Recruiting New Bicyclists: Are Bicycle Helmets Counterproductive? « Dom’s Plan B Blog
"advocacy group[s] need to turn down the volume on aggressively promoting bike helmets for low-speed urban bicycle commuting."
bicycling  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
I was promised robot butlers
pedal-powered monorail?! O.M.F.G.
weird  eco  bicycling  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Build the Streetcar!
"A citizens initiative to create a citywide streetcar system in Tacoma" that would be freaking cool.
local  tacoma  eco  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Streetsblog New York City » Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy
"parking policy is typically divorced from transportation policy and goals like reducing congestion or encouraging walking and biking"
eco  bicycling  local  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
EYE WEEKLY - A creative director for the TTC?
"Can you imagine any other business that would make everything they do exactly the same?" Starbucks & McDs have made piles of cash on "everything the same" -- but other than that, lots of good points here.
design  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
Public Pathways Pilot Project
ena  local  olympia  to-do  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » You Can’t Fight the State DOT – Or Can You?
"It seems to be remarkably difficult for citizens to influence the decisions of major transportation agencies. I use the example of a state DOT here, but it could be a transit agency. How might one go about doing this effectively? There are two major parts: political and technical."
politics  local  eco  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
Rethinking Open Data - O'Reilly Radar
interesting comments.
politics  local  gis  misctech  urbanstudies  webdev 
february 2010 by epersonae
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog: Holding On to Cyclists in Copenhagen
"The City of Copenhagen has implemented this double railing simply as a convenience for the cyclists who stop here. A high railing to grasp with your hand and a foot railing for putting your foot up, if that's what you fancy doing. Either way you can also use the railing to push off when the light changes." clever!
bicycling  urbanstudies 
january 2010 by epersonae
Seven Developments face foreclosure auction - Business - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
been thinking for a long time that isthmus development was unlikely simply because there's no market for it. this seems to confirm my thoughts.
local  finance  olympia  lacey  urbanstudies 
december 2009 by epersonae
BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » The research is in: You’re safer in the bike lane (or bike boulevard, or cycle track)
From the study: "The principal trend that emerges from the papers reviewed here is that clearly-marked, bike-specific facilities (i.e. cycle tracks at roundabouts, bike routes, bike lanes, and bike paths) were consistently shown to provide improved safety for cyclists compared to on-road cycling with traffic or off-road with pedestrians and other users." The CW trail can actually get pretty dicey in nice weather in the afternoon, lots of walkers.
bicycling  bike-vs-car  academia  urbanstudies 
november 2009 by epersonae
YouTube - Alaskan Way Viaduct - Earthquake Simulation
yipes. on the plus side, "no tsunami expected."
science  local  seattle  politics  urbanstudies 
october 2009 by epersonae
Santa Monica to experiment with parking psychology -- latimes.com
"Consultants find the city doesn't need more spaces, it needs to change how they are used. New pricing model aims to promote walking, biking or busing, freeing up prime spaces for short-term shoppers." nice example of something I blogged about earlier. (interesting Pasadena tie-in, too. I think that happened after I left.)
local  olympia  californication  eco  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
october 2009 by epersonae
Will California become America's first failed state? | World news | The Observer
An interesting piece (apparently CA education fell off the cliff right after I graduated), but doesn't answer the question: "So where did it all wrong?" [typo in the article!] Looking at Prop 13 & Reagan's governorship seems like a good place to start. (CA's slow fall from grace bookended by two actor-politicians? Curious.)
californication  history  politics  finance  urbanstudies 
october 2009 by epersonae
City Brights: Craig Newmark : Serious civics apps a big deal in San Francisco
"the City of San Francisco has a civic apps store" fascinating!
politics  local  urbanstudies  webdev 
september 2009 by epersonae
Urban Sprawl Repair Kit: Repairing The Urban Fabric « ReBurbia
I wish I could do this to the (still not finished) complex over near work. it's nice having some of those things close by, but I have nothing but hate for the acres of parking.
local  eco  urbanstudies 
august 2009 by epersonae
ReBurbia
the winner is a little *too* fanciful for my taste, but the 2nd place could actually happen in some places.
urbanstudies 
august 2009 by epersonae
Public Transportation TAKES US THERE
I should take a video with C's phone while riding on the back of his Xtracycle. :)
webvideo  to-do  local  olympia  bicycling  xtracycle  urbanstudies 
august 2009 by epersonae
See how our gardens grow | The News Tribune - The Olympian | Seattle-Tacoma News, Weather, Sports, Jobs, Homes and Cars | South Puget Sound's Destination
sustainable south sound kicking it into overdrive, apparently. (the lacey location is over by the office.) it's not a particularly popular opinion, I think, but I keep wondering if the eastside garden should be somewhere other than the park.
garden  local  olympia  lacey  eco  nonprofit  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
Get ready for circles on Boulevard Road - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
work starting on 1st roundabout, at intersection w/Log Cabin Rd. I don't go that far down on Blvd very often; I'm much more interested in seeing the ones at Morse Merryman & 22nd.
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
American drivers should learn to love the roundabout. - By Tom Vanderbilt - Slate Magazine
"a larger question here is whether people who cannot manage to merge at low speed into a counter-clockwise circle and, yes, perhaps even change lanes in that circle, before finding the correct exit should actually be holding licenses that enable them to operate heavy machinery in the first place" nice diss. (I love roundabouts.)
local  olympia  urbanstudies 
july 2009 by epersonae
APTA Best Transit System Award 2009
"The American Public Transportation Association has named Intercity Transit the best transit system in the nation for its size." very cool.
local  transit  eco  olympia  urbanstudies 
june 2009 by epersonae
Fed to mass transit: Drop dead | Salon News
our local transit is really only just recovering from the blow of the original Eyman initiative, 10+ (?) years ago, and service out to the rural parts of the county is almost certainly never coming back. hate to see this happening all over now!
politics  eco  transit  urbanstudies 
june 2009 by epersonae
Berlin Buildings Bandaged with Lego Bricks | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
nifty art project!
lego  architecture  arts  urbanstudies 
may 2009 by epersonae
Valet Bike Parking
what a crazy awesome idea! would've loved this for Procession of the Species/Art Walk.
bicycling  urbanstudies 
may 2009 by epersonae
Why You Should Give Up Your Land: Community land trusts can prevent foreclosures, yet few use them. | The Big Money
fascinating.
local  nonprofit  urbanstudies 
april 2009 by epersonae
Great achievements in American socialism | Salon News
A slide show of New Deal-era buildings, dams, and such. I love those old buildings.
politics  history  arts  urbanstudies 
february 2009 by epersonae
SeattleScape
"design & urban development"
seattle  n-blogs  urbanstudies 
february 2009 by epersonae
Abandoned Wal-Marts that become schools and churches. - By Julia Christensen - Slate Magazine
Pierce College started in an old grocery store; the old movie theater in Lacey is now a mega-church, and the downtown Safeway is being torn down for a new city hall. (I like the Peddler's Mall concept.)
architecture  local  urbanstudies 
november 2008 by epersonae
An Urban Farmer Hits Pay Dirt - The Grinder - CHOW
"Milwaukee-based urban farmer won a MacArthur “genius grant,” which brings with it a half million dollars and zero obligations"
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2008 by epersonae
TheWashCycle: The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist
"My point is that it's hypocritical to call your neighbor rude, because his loud stereo makes it difficult for you to focus on your backyard chainsaw sculpting." also, interesting distinction between "catching an orange" and "jaybiking", and the psychological issues involved.
bicycling  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
september 2008 by epersonae
Edible City - EBPI's urban farms blog
"I asked MetaFilter for advice [on a movie title], which yielded some exciting possibilities." which is how I found out about this documentary being made about urban farming.
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
Steve Rose talks to visionary architect Paolo Soleri | Art and design | The Guardian
strikes me as sad somehow.
history  architecture  eco  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com
barriers on bridges and reduced gun ownership are effective methods for reducing suicides: less frequently used, more impulsive, but also much more "successful" when attempted. (I had an entirely other note originally, but, yeah.)
depression  psychology  politics  personal  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
Bike Rage | Momentum - The Magazine For Self Propelled People!
"The problem is that city planners have mixed bikes and cars together in ways that offer little certainty about how each should operate, and lots of chances for conflict."
bicycling  society  psychology  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
Bike Commute Tips Blog: More bicyclists provoking driver backlash?
"As a society, you can flip someone off very easily," Adams said. "But we have no hand signal that says 'I'm sorry.' " (from the Newsweek article.)
bicycling  society  eco  psychology  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
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