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Quito, Where the Automobile Rules

Quito, in Ecuador, is a fascinating city, and I really enjoyed every minute of my short time there. I was able to get out a bit and observe some traffic. One word: Yikes! Technorati Tags: traffic design, transportation

Posted 24 May 2011 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Designs for National Ave. Crossing Introduced

Plan for a New National Ave. Crossing Introduced at Public Meeting Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (132)
I will update this entry with the designs when I get them. As of 11:45 a.m. today, the project website has not been updated. This entry is cross-posted to Ozarks News Journal. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle politics, bicycle safety, cycling, traffic design, traffic safety, walking

Posted 04 March 2011 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Meeting on National Crossing Tomorrow

The City of Springfield is proposing to build a grade-separation crossing on National Ave. from the Rountree neighborhood to the Missouri State University campus. Pedestrians and bicyclists can cross National at three points between Grand and Cherry — at those corners and on the controlled crosswalk at the campus entrance between Belmont and Page. There will [...]

Posted 02 March 2011 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The Square: Q&A With Tim Rosenbury

The following is a Q&A with Tim Rosenbury, of Butler Rosenbury & Partners, about the continued renovation 0f Park Central Square. I conducted this interview by e-mail last week. The .pdf files linked in the text were supplied by BR&P. CT: When does the final phase of renovation begin, and when will it be finished? Rosenbury: Construction [...]

Posted 06 November 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology § news ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

(Bicycle) Lane Behavior

I had an interesting encounter on Boonville yesterday on my way to the Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee meeting of the Traffic Advisory Board (more on the meeting tomorrow). The section of Boonville through Jordan Valley has a door-zone bicycle lane. I was stopped at the light at Olive heading north. I was first at the light. There [...]

Posted 27 October 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (14) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Faux Honk Report

On my way to the STAR Team meeting yesterday afternoon I noticed a distinctive car in my mirror as I was riding downtown — a Miles Electric Car owned by fellow team member Rick Scarlet. Unlike the hybrids, this is an electric-only vehicle. And it is quiet. He and I have discussed before the possibility [...]

Posted 19 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

School Kids And Barrier Streets

One of the things I liked about graduate school was using critical theory to ask uncomfortable questions about social and cultural artifacts of various sorts. Another way to put it: It was fun learning to be an intellectual pain in the ass. Allow me to demonstrate… Consider this article (part of a series) in today’s [...]

Posted 16 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (13) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Placement of Sharrows

A “sharrow” is a shared lane marker painted on the street. Sharrows should not create de facto bicycle lanes, i.e. be painted on the road in such a way that it shunts bicyclists to side of the road in the manner of a bicycle lane. Dan Gutierrez has posted some interesting photos on Facebook that show what’s [...]

Posted 03 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

(Ir)Rational Choice On The Road

Rational Choice Theory is a useful idea as long as we don’t get too hung up on the word “rational.” Rational choice theorists use a slightly different concept that claims individuals seem to balance costs against benefits (the “rational” part) in order to make choices that maximize personal gain. The problem with this idea is that [...]

Posted 27 July 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Explain Bicycle Lanes To Me

I’ll soon have the first results of my recent bicycle survey ready. But here’s an interesting preliminary result (as yet an uncrunched stat): A bunch of respondents (almost 40%) indicated that the best thing Springfield could do to make bicycling better is add bicycle lanes. And as I gazed across the columns of answers one [...]

Posted 17 July 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (20) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Interesting Stuff Re: ‘Burbs and Diets

Two items of note today from Planetizen: Many Ways to Reimagine Suburbia takes a look at the finalists in a contest to figure out what to do with Long Island. That is, BTW, the home of Levittown — kinda the start of it all. There’s much to read and ponder in the 23 entires left [...]

Posted 12 July 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § policy ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , ,

First Friday on The Square

The new perimeter of the Square continues to work as designed. I’m looking forward to work beginning on the interior. Here’s what the area looks like full of people. The open, permeable space invites people to walk about as they please. Drivers are welcome. That is a street you’re seeing there. But the space tells [...]

Posted 05 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Our Urban Challenge: Build It First

I swear I’m not making this up. The following is a snippet of conversation I heard at the Mudshouse. The interlocutors were high school kids: Kid 1: “There’s just too much sprawl here.” Kid 2: “Yeah, not enough density.” Kid 3: “It doesn’t matter. We’re not going to live here anyway.” How do we make [...]

Posted 16 May 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Looks Like Fun!

Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando, just published this photo on Facebook. Her cutline indicates that drivers were giving them a full lane of passing width until they arrived at this bicycle lane. Then look what happened. By the way, that looks like 3 feet of clearence to me. Two things are going wrong here: Florida [...]

Posted 16 April 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Too Much to Ask?

I attended the student presentations for the new city strategic plan yesterday. Students from area high schools, Drury, OTC, and Evangel (no MSU team? hmmmmm…) presented the city council with a snapshot of what it will take to attract them to the city as a place to live and work following graduation. (Congratulations to the [...]

Posted 14 April 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: ,