April 22, 2011 · Filed under Active Transportation, Cycling, EcoCities, Infrastructure, Pedestrians, Traffic, Transit
Moving Beyond the Automobile is a ten part video series which explores solutions to the problem of automobile dependency. It’s a visual handbook that will help guide policy makers, advocacy organizations, teachers, students, and others into a world that values pedestrian plazas over parking lots and train tracks over highways. Cars were then, and this is now. Welcome to the future.
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April 17, 2011 · Filed under Creative Cities, Planning, Urban Actions, Urban Design

The Institute for Urban Design in New York has launched By the City / For the City a crowdsourced ideas competition that will lead up to September’s Urban Design Week. It’s a chance for New Yorkers to submit ideas for proactive change in their neighborhood or even the entire city. The interactive map allows people to locate their ideas geographically and start a conversation at the local level.
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