Archive for November 2008

city planning charrettes, continued…

Nov 10th, 2008 | By

On Wednesday Nov 12, the city planning department will present a summary of the charrettes held for the Fox Point, College Hill, and Wayland Square neighborhoods.  The meeting will be from 6-8 pm in the dining room of the Lincoln School (where the north end of Butler Ave meets the south end of Blackstone Boulevard).
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Opening the waterfront to bikes and pedestrians — in Boston

Nov 8th, 2008 | By

Work on South Bay Harbor Trail is launched Bike, pedestrian path intended to open waterfront By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent  |  November 8, 2008 City and state officials marked the formal launch of work on a new bicycle and pedestrian pathway yesterday designed to open Boston’s waterfront to formerly landlocked neighborhoods. Organizers say the 3.5-mile
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Obama and bicycles? An early clue

Nov 7th, 2008 | By
Obama and bicycles?  An early clue

Bush is an avid mountain biker, but that hasn’t helped US bike culture.  What about Obama?  Will we finally see truly progressive transportation policies?  And if his heart and brain are in the right place (I believe they are), what can be accomplished while our country is suffering economically?  Or is this economic downturn actually
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U.S. Approves Plan for Interstate Bike Routes

Nov 5th, 2008 | By

U.S. Approves Plan for Interstate Bike Routes SportsOneSource Media Posted: 11/4/2008 The United States is on a path to creating what could become the largest official bicycle route network in the world, thanks to the approval of a new plan by America’s leading authority on national route designations. The American Association of State Highway and
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Models for Green Future

Nov 4th, 2008 | By

CITIES: New York’s future is green, city’s planners say (11/04/2008) Saqib Rahim, ClimateWire reporter While Washington pundits haggle over cap-and-trade policy, effects on industry and energy costs for regular Americans, New York City is taking its climate policy in a different direction: making its green city as alluring as possible. New York is projected to
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Advocacy Meeting

Nov 1st, 2008 | By

Our next monthly advocacy meeting will be held on November 6th @ 6pm.  We will be at the offices of the Red Five Sports Group (269 South Main Street).  On the agenda for this meeting: Continuing Business: An update on our RIDMV project Washington Bridge update Bicycle survey New Business Strengthening our relationship with recycle-a-bike
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