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I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Romans 7:19 I believe this newly inv...

This photo is of a common gas pump configuration found in some European cities. Compare this to the typical gas station which is hazardous ...

"Once you realize that you can use your street to imporve the quality of life, the economic health of your city...I thin that's a t...

The Power of Intersection Density Intersection density is the number of intersections in an area. It corresponds closely to block size — the...

This short video is about taking poorly used space away from cars and re-claiming it for parks, bicycles and people: Here is another example...

I've been noticing the City's Engineering Department has initiated a project to install water permeable pavements in some locations....

My wife was in Austin, TX last week, and she sent me these two photos because they struck her as similar to scenes in Portland, OR, which we...

A post about a new playground in Paris was forwarded to me by a reader. I really like custom designed playgrounds, especially when it'...

  One of the significant changes to Fountain Square during it's reconstruction was the replacement of a steep wall along Fifth Street wi...

  A 12 foot wide sidewalk is sometimes big enough for a playground.

Although this kind of policy decision is not very sexy and it will not make the evening news, it is a critical change to the way Federal Tra...

In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community. More than 43,...

Great video explaining the bike paths in New York City. The paths range from Class 1 which is a protected path separated from traffic with ...

There is a movement afoot to encourage citizen participation in correcting neighborhood problems. Some cities have a 311 number and some ha...

... they asked, “This is where you live? This is your neighborhood? Your streets are designed to kill people.’’ They said that the thin pain...

Park in center of town: The back of a very strange civic building: Lots of coffee shops in this town: Segways: Bar on Sidewalk: Inter...

OK, so if I'm going to complain , I better step up and applaud. The Enquirer just ran a piece called Streetcar film comes full circle o...

  I think I know OTR pretty well. But everyday I notice new things. Sunday, while walking down Republic Street, between Green and Liberty, I...

A post on the NY Times Health blog This Old (Healthy) House talks about a study that attempts to look at the affect of where you live on BM...

Tuesday, June 9th at 6pm ,...Roxanne Qualls will be (at the Mercantile Library ) to discuss Complete Streets...with planner Clete Benken of...