The challenge of designing cities for bicycling, walking,

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The challenge of designing cities for bicycling, walking,

par Oyez Oyez » Dim Nov 09, 2008 2:30 pm

[img:400:367]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/Shirtsleeve.sized.jpg[/img]This must be an exciting time to be a transportation designer. People are literally walking the talk (and biking the talk) when it comes to street and road design.

More people are taking up bicycling and walking and using public transportation to commute and make errands. At the same time President-elect Obama and others are calling for reinvestment in roads and bridges as an economic stimulus.

This is the atmosphere in which the Congress for a New Urbanism met in Charlotte last week for its annual Transportation Summit. Instead of focusing on getting folks from Point A to Point B by cars, this group considers "moving people comfortably where they want to go, whether the best choice is walking, biking, riding transit or driving ....

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:28:00 -0800



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