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The Nan Whaley way- and, oh yes, complete streets

Posted on June 27, 2009 @ 10:46 pm by David Esrati

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Today there was a meeting at the Dayton Convention Center to talk about “Complete Streets”- the new urbanist approach to multi-modal transportation infrastructure. Good stuff- with about 80 in attendence. The “keynote” was given by City Planning chief, John Gower who has incredible institutional knowledge of Dayton and its planning history. Some of it pretty Read More

Pave more roads or free bikes? Stimulus for the future

Posted on March 31, 2009 @ 4:00 pm by David Esrati

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While everyone seems excited about getting Federal Stimulus dollars, spending them on existing infrastructure doesn’t really stimulate much for very long. Real change means changing the infrastructure to make Dayton a more desirable place to live. The idea of the free bike isn’t new, and it’s not out of reach. It’s working in Paris, and Read More