Category Archives: Transit
Economic benefits of smart growth & transportation choices
Nearly 1/3 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US come from transportaton sector, making it the nation’s largest end-use source of emissions . Transportation GHG emissions are a result of 3 drivers – vehicle fuel efficiency, fuel emissions & how … Continue reading
Almost Car-Free Community
Colin Smith from Resource Systems Group and the co-chair of the Lebanon Master Plan Transportation subcommittee sent around this very interesting article from yesterday’s NYT about an (almost) car free residential development in Germany. How about trying a similar experiment here … Continue reading
Bicycles in Paris
Check out the great black and white photographs of Paris by Siobhan Mlacak. Her bicycle images are fabulous.
Transportation Vision for Lebanon
Transportation Vision for My City By Frank Gould There is a fair city named Lebanon whose by-ways have long known congestion let’s make positive change across the whole range from bike-ped to car to ten ton. Let’s plan what is … Continue reading
Sharrows coming soon to Hanover
Sharrows are coming soon to Lebanon Street in Hanover. A number of shared lane arrows will be painted on the street in front of Hanover High School to more clearly define the bicycle route. How cool is that. More information will … Continue reading
Hanover Bus Stop Study presented to Town Officials
Carolyn Radish of ORW and Lucy Gibson of Smart Mobility presented the draft bus stop study to the Hanover Selectboard and Planning Board at their respective meetings this week. It was very well received by both boards. There seemed to be real enthusiasm … Continue reading
4th & 5th Graders Design
Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping with a design charette at the local elementary school. ORW, landscape architects, orchestrated a fascinating afternoon for 28 4th & 5th graders. The students’ charge was to collect information about their school yard. They were … Continue reading
Boston Plans to Share Bikes
In the Boston Globe today, Mayor Menino announced plans to launch a bike sharing program in Boston next Spring. Check out the Globe article here
Convenient Remedy from Congress of New Urbanism
Thought this YouTube link from the Congress of New Urbanism provided a good summary of the role of transportation in our communities. Do you think it’s really possible to reduce in half the number of vehicle miles travelled by a typical … Continue reading
Excellence in Motion at Stanford
From Metro-Magazine, October 27, 2008: Stanford University’s Transportation and Parking Program was presented with an “Excellence in Motion” merit award by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in Oakland, Calif., last week. The program was one of 11 people, projects and organizations to … Continue reading