January 21, 2011
by julie
Comments Off on The Cost of Urban Parking
In a time of crumbling infrastructure and challenging budgets, the cost of street maintenance – let alone livability upgrades – is under constant scrutiny. One challenge is that the cost of doing something is easy to measure. One recent study … Continue reading
January 8, 2011
by julie
Comments Off on Employment Impact of Bike/Ped Infrastructure Investment
A study recently published by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst asserts that building bike lanes, bicycle boulevards, and pedestrian access create more job per million dollars spent than road repairs and road resurfacing. The … Continue reading
January 5, 2011
by julie
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Several car manufacturers offer some form of in-car navigation system as a built-in. Mobile devices and GPS systems provide other drivers with similar options. Today, Bing (Microsoft’s search engine) announced a deal to be the in-car search provider for Toyota’s … Continue reading