Efficient Public Transit Key Part of Healthy Environment [ecoRI]
No More Pavement! The Problem of Impervious Surfaces [The Earth Institute at Columbia University]
Work on new Sakonnet River Bridge a month ahead of schedule [ProJo]
New Haven, Stamford Enter Streetcar Wars with Proposed Station-to-Downtown Links [The TransportPolitic]
Architecture’s Modern Marvels [Vanity Fair]
Montréal plans its first Woonerf, Connecticut looks to TOD to increase housing and building jobs, World Map of Bike Sharing, and more in today's News & Notes.
California Drive-Thru Ban and the “Health in All Policies” Approach Baldwin Park, California, home of the country’s first drive-thru, has banned drive-thru construction for nine months in an effort to...
WPRI reports that the state plans a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sakonnet River Bridge on Friday, April 24th. The state has awarded the $163.7 million contract to Cardi Corporation (is there anyone else who...
Greater City Providence
Jef Nickerson
New Haven would be a great candidate for streetcars, better than Providence in many ways… It has a horizontal “spine” to its layout that’s perfect for a circulating system and a couple high density vertical streets/neighborhoods along the way. I hope they get it…