I can’t decide which is worse. Crossing the street in Italian cities or here in Richmond.
This video shows exactly what it’s like to cross a street in the two Italian cities I’ve visited, Rome and Naples. For you impatient folks, fast forward to 1:12 (-0.52) for the best example.
Now traffic in Italy is absolutely [...]
I just found the most amazing resource on the web: Walkscore.com
This absolutely brilliant webpage uses google maps and business listings to rate neighborhoods for their “walkability. ” The score is determined by an algorithm based on:
The distance to walkable locations near an address.
Calculating a score for each of these locations.
Combining these scores into [...]
The TD ran a story today on Chinese students who are spending a month at VCU. The students are all keeping blogs, which are a rich mine for discovering others’ impressions of our city.
VCU has links to all their blogs, but as far as I can tell, there’s no aggregator- which means you have [...]
VDOT and the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation are building a 55 mile bike & pedestrian trail linking Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Richmond - the current and former capitals of Virginia.
Parts of the trail are already open in James City County: see photos here.
Current discussions are ongoing regarding [...]
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 [...]
Will Richmond ever do this:
Photo: Separated Bike Lanes
Ever since my Tuesday post about how much I hate cars, I’ve been intrigued by this idea of complete streets that I discovered while researching for that post. The basic idea is that streets should be built for cars, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit. Revolutionary, eh? [...]
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