Twin Cities Streets for People

Sponsored by the Pollution Control Agency, this year's central exhibit in the Eco Experience is around a streetscape Read more >

This video from Streetfilms is incredibly informative and clearly shows the relationship between streets designed for human beings and economic and social vitality.  A great watch!  

A mom and a child on a bike in Copenhagen. Read more >

The 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be celebrated Monday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power St., Minneapolis, MN. Read more >

Insight News addresses locational choices made by the new Nice Ride bike share program. Read more >

Tonight,  Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 7:00 pm at the Walker there is a free lecture on New York's High Line park. Read more >

Via Dan Burden of The Walkable and Livable Communities Institute > comes this very brief and very interesting interview of Todd Litman of The Victoria Transport Policy Institute >.

The Twin Cities region, according to CNT, is making it clear that living in the city is much more affordable for not only housing, but transit as well. On the flip side living outside the city core housing and transit both start to exceed 45% of gross income. Read more >

Ed Glaeser, the Harvard professor, explains what does it mean for cities to shrink. I find this article interesting since the twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) have been shrinking for the past 50 years. The current foreclosure crisis and coming commercial collapse will make this a real decision process as our communities and neighborhoods need to decide what needs to stay and what needs to go.

Will right sizing help the Twin Cities as well?  Read more >

Sometime in the not too distant future, John wakes up in suburban Chicago on a Saturday morning and heads to a White Sox game...in Detroit. Join him on a 300 mile journey to Detroit's Comerica Park as he experiences the transportation options of the future: a neighborhood electric car share program, smart phone ticketing, high-speed rail, and connecting light rail. This clip is brought to you by America 2050 as part of its "A Better Tomorrow" project to visualize America's future communities and transportation systems.