A city determined by the Mississippi. (Google photo composite: Leto A. via Flickr) Today on the Streetsblog Network, there’s a lovely post about the geographic idiosyncrasy of New Orleans, from NolaCycle Bike Map Project. This is the blog of a group whose mission is "to create a high quality cycling map of New Orleans" by […]

A Critical Mass ride during Pittsburgh’s 2007 Bike Fest. (Photo: lemonad via Flickr) Could Pittsburgh become the "green city" of the East Coast? Reader Cullen Vandora pointed us to an interesting article on Pittsburgh’s Post-Gazette.com by designer Bob Firth. Firth writes that as the city embarks on a new comprehensive plan, it could use an […]

Northrop Grumman’s current offices in Virginia. (Photo: the monk via Flickr) The Harvard Business Review piece about forward-thinking businesses moving to urban rather than suburban locations continues to attract hopeful attention around the Streetsblog Network. But as some bloggers are pointing out, the trend — if it is one — is far from clear-cut. First, […]

The view from the Irving Park station on Chicago’s Blue Line: Not exactly an inviting mile to walk. (Photo: Elevating Chicago) Today on Elevating Chicago, the ever-perplexing problem of the "last mile" comes up for discussion again. As the blog’s author points out, in downtown Chicago, it’s not generally too hard for commuters to walk […]

Does this look like the future to you? (Photo: mattmarque via Flickr) Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mary Newsom at The Naked City points us to an article in the new Harvard Business Review about how some major corporations are looking to move operations from the suburbs to the city. The HBR article suggests that […]

Thanks this morning to City Parks Blog for tipping us off to this CNN report on what could be a revolutionary initiative in Delhi, India (you’ll have to sit through a BASF ad to watch the video). Architect Manit Rastogi is hoping to transform the city’s polluted network of drainage canals, or nullahs, into clear-flowing […]

Life is better when you can get together with your friends. (Photo: Kim Scarborough via Flickr) Today on the Streetsblog Network, EcoVelo has an important reminder of how our essential human frailty can change our ability to move around our community: Dealing with illness while maintaining a car-free or car-light lifestyle can be a challenge. […]

Things would be different if bicycle safety training were elementary. (Photo: Bike Portland via Flickr) This morning on Sustainable Savannah, a post about double standards. John Bennett writes that at two recent meetings in Savannah about improved bicycle facilities, the discussion turned to unsafe cycling practices, such as wrong-way riding, riding without lights, and riding […]

This temporary bike lane is actually wider than the permanent one that’s being blocked by construciton. (Photo: Portlandize) Here’s an indicator of how important bike lanes are in the city of Portland. From Streetsblog Network member Portlandize comes a report on a case in which a bike lane was recently closed because of streetcar construction. […]

The people at Bike Friendly Oak Cliff tipped us off to this video about a truly inspirational event that happened in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas a couple of weeks ago. With about a thousand bucks and some elbow grease, neighborhood residents transformed a rundown city block for two days, creating a vibrant streetscape […]

The parking lot is behind these Boca Raton residences. (Photo: faceless b via Flickr) It might seem like a simple idea — that having an enormous parking lot in front of a business makes it unattractive to pedestrians and disrupts the fabric of a neighborhood. Unfortunately, this is the way that huge swaths of American […]

This sign is in London. Do you think anyone got the message? (Photo: Salim Virji via Flickr) Over the weekend on CommuteOrlando Blog, Keri McCaffrey posted a video showing a bicyclist riding in the wrong direction on a Florida street. After pointing out how this might have ended badly for the rider, she poses the […]