Richmond has been creating a few bike lanes recently. On Lombardy, there’s a short stretch with a painted bike lane, and Southside Richmond and Chesterfield have a few. They look like this:
This is wonderful. My main wish is that we would create a well-planned network of lanes that could provide safe biking [...]
The following post is part of my periodic good ideas series, where I highlight good ideas from other cities that could improve Richmond if implemented here.
San Francisco’s mayor Gavin Newsom recently echoed a recurring theme in state- and city-level politics:
The political dialogue must change, Newsom insists. “If it’s not going to happen through [...]
The following post is part of my periodic good ideas series, where I highlight good ideas from other cities that could help improve Richmond.
Fair warning: this post deals with taxes, about which I have only a rudimentary understanding. Please feel free to use the comments section to correct any mistakes or bad assumptions I’ve [...]
So as promised, albeit after a long delay, I’m starting what I hope will be a regular feature of this blog: highlighting good ideas for cities.
To kick things off, I’m taking the suggestion of a reader who brought to my attention an idea from Columbus, OH.
Ohio DOT wanted to widen I-670, so in one [...]
I promised 2 posts ago that I’d post a new regular “feature” of good urban ideas on Friday if my oh-so-loyal readers sent me some suggestions. Well a few of you have, and therefore I will. But the posts are taking longer than expected to do well, so I’m postponing their debut for a few [...]
I’m thinking of starting a regular feature on this blog highlighting “good ideas” in urban development, and I’d like your help.
Have you visited or lived in a city and wished some of its planning, design, architecture, politics, or whatever could be magically transplanted to Richmond? I’m thinking of things like bike lanes, mass transit, [...]
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