Building Greenways and Community in the Bronx
Groups in the Bronx build greenways and community.
17 Posts Tagged as: Urban Planning
Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World
Curitiba has become a city well known for inventive urban planning and affordable (to the user and the city) public transportation. This video illustrates how Curitiba's public transportation system operates.
Piazza Saint Francis: A Proposed Urban Park in San Francisco
Lawrence Ferlinghetti muses about the benefits of a proposed urban park in San Fransisco's historic North Beach neighborhood.
Making a Better Market Street
In this Streetfilms look at San Francisco's Market Street we talk to cyclists, advocates, users, planners, and decision makers about what is wrong with the space (and how they might fix it.)
An Alfresco chat with Jan Gehl
Danish livable streets maestro Jan Gehl, grabbed a table in New York City's new wonderful public space, Madison Square, to chat with Streetsblog's Editor-in-chief Aaron Naparstek.
A New Vision for the Upper West Side
See how one community organized to create a plan for safer, healthier and more livable streets and public spaces.
Depaving Day!
Portland, Oregon's Depave.org leads an asphalt removing project to kick off the World Carfree Conference. Depave.org will continue to work with Goldsmith Properties to transform this now asphalt-free site into a community greenspace. Once completed, the site will be used to educate the public about pavement removal and storm water drainage management.
Melbourne: A Pedestrian Paradise
In the last 15 years, the city of Melbourne has altered its landscape with more car-free spaces, wider sidewalks, greener streets, eclectic cafes, public art and a bustling pedestrian haven where people relate more to their environment
Taking a Bite out of Traffic in Istanbul, Turkey
What can we learn from a city with a population of 12 million plus people, 2.4 million cars and at least 100,000 new vehicles each year? We talk with Urban Planner, Kevser Üstündag.
In Davis’ Platinum City Even the Munchkins Ride Bikes
Davis, California is the only Platinum bike city in the U.S. Come see why.
Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza
The Project for Public Spaces recently led a Brooklyn Placemaking workshop in which fifty members of the community met to brainstorm ideas of how to make Grand Army Plaza safer, more accessible, greener, and people-oriented.
Interview with Enrique Peñalosa
Former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa discusses his amazing success transforming Bogotá into a livable city for cyclists and pedestrians.
Portland, Ore. – Festival Streets
Innovative thinking in Portland has produced a new street design which emphasizes community use.
The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway (Portland, Ore.)
Portland, Oregon communities fight to successfully defeat construction the Mt. Hood Freeway.
San Francisco: Removal of the Embarcadero Freeway
Removing the Embarcadero Freeway enabled miles of public space to be reclaimed for pedestrian boulevards, parks, waterfront access points and other people friendly places.
Interview with Enrique Peñalosa (Short Version)
As mayor of Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Penalosa accomplished remarkable changes of monumental proportions for the people of his country in just three years.
Grand Army Plaza Traffic Survey
Residents and neighborhood leaders of GAPCO evaluate how traffic conditions could be improved for pedestrians.
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