Weekly Chatter: Hummer goes bye-bye, China doesn’t even want it
No news coverage of the 8th Street issue as there is little news to cover. It’s moving forward.
The Chatter:
The City will vote to hire the firm URS to prepare the engineering & design behind Your Bay, Your Say. The decision was in large part based on the walkability expertise they bring to the table.
- Exploring Boardman Lake Trail
- Dan Burden audits the Walkable U.P.
- TVC to Denver from MI’s 4th largest airport
- Go Utah! Yield at stops for bikes
- If only Obama did say this…
- U.S. Driving more, yet
- FHWA sees increased active transportation
- While Toyota Sucks fumes (testimonial)
- The Hummer dies, so now what?
- Can you see yourself in one of these?
- Or, do you go straight to the jet pack…
- motor vehicles -greatest contributor to climate crisis
- Streetfilms: Fixing the that Great Mistake
- Some ask: Raise My Taxes, Please! (& provide choices)
- Sustainable Communities, finally a cross-dept. priority for Feds
- Even the Federal Transit Administration is talking livability
To wrap up, as Traverse City aims to connect to the bay using the Your Bay Your Say (PDF) St. Louis is joining other smaller and larger cities in reclaiming their most valuable real estate. There it is about Reconnecting the City to the River where City to River aims to demolish I-70 that runs through downtown. The group announces on their Web site:“In 1964 the front door of St. Louis was closed. It is time we reopen it.“
Traverse City is not the only place where ‘place’reclaiming is taking place.
P.S. Some interesting job opportunities:
- National Environment America’s Transportation Advocate
- Michigan Complete Streets Project Coordinator (via health dept.)
- In Traverse City, Executive Director at TART Trails
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Hey Gary, I would love to see a larger version of that image. COOLNESS!!!! Thanks for sharing!
The image taken from the Your Bay, Your Say (PDF) plan. And here is a RE article about the project from 2006. A lot of values represented in that plan…Ian Lockwood is the URS transportation expert who will be coming in to lead the public charette along the Bayfront and Division St.