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October 23, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- community, pedestrians, safety, smartgrowth, streets, transportation, walking
Streetfilms has come through again with a great (if unsettling) 2-minute video on the hazards of crossing city streets. It was shot in New York, but it could have been made in any number of places where car-pedestrian interactions are...continued→
July 1, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- community, completestreets, neighborhood, pedestrians, safety, smartercities, smartgrowth, traffic, walking
Streetfilms has released a great short video about how our streets and traffic patterns pose particular challenges to senior citizens on foot. With the assistance of New York City's Transportation Alternatives, that city's impressive DOT has begun an earnest look...continued→
August 6, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- chicago, pedestrians, police, streetcrossing, undercover, walkability
Continuing the walkability theme, Chicago is now using undercover police to pose as ordinary pedestrians in order to remind motorists to yield the right of way. Sounds like a job I’d rather not volunteer for, but the way it works...continued→