USA Today has a story this week about “Complete Streets” which are designed not just for cars, but for bikes and walkers. Many cities are starting to adopt the design standards which win broad political support because both the young and those not so young like them.
Read the USA Today story here.
Take a look at this editorial in Monday’s News Tribune.
Okay it’s a little silly. It’s the fourth letter down here.
But the lesson we can take is that some of the best solutions may be taking the odd responses we get and combining them with fresh thinking.
BusinessNorth, our regional monthly business newsletter, has been giving our project a lot of attention.
The latest is a opinion article about how we’re taking the ideas of Richard Florida and blending them with local expertise to develop a program for our region.
We wrote the article in part to respond to an earlier cover story in [...]
As we watch other cities develop cool biking programs, we shouldn’t forget that we have a few great things already going on right here.
The first is the bike program for Duluth Transit. Yes, every bus has a bike rack on the front when it’s not the snow season. Click here for the details.
Also, several local [...]
The Duluth Solutions internet forum (www.duluthsolutions.com) has posted a special subforum, or discussion board, for dialogue about the KCCI Duluth initiative. It is the current “Hot Topic” on the site. Duluth Solutions is a noncommercial site for discussing all aspects of life in Duluth. Forum administrator Chris Correia explained that he started Duluth Solutions to [...]
Our fellow catalysts in Tallahassee, Florida are looking at improving the Park and Ride programs in their area.
Part of their campaign is about getting people to think about why they ride the bus. Read their op-ed from the Tallahassee Democrat.
See the posting on the KCCI Tallahassee website.
And here’s another article on the city transit folks’ [...]
El Paso, Texas has been working with the Creative Class group for a bit longer than Duluth and Superior. They call their initiative New Texico to reflect their location on the border of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico.
Here is the Introduction from their Website:
What Is New Texico?
New Téxico is a new way of thinking about [...]
Sometimes, it’s the people who do little tings that are unusual or against the grain that turn into true leaders.
What do you think of this small town?
Here’s a great example about a model for moving non-profits to include more diversity on their boards and in their programming. The Diversity Initiative has been working in the Boston area since 1990. Some of the resources on the site are really useful. Take a look here.
[Thanks to Greg Grell for this and many other [...]
Once among the most bike unfriendly places around, suburbs around the Twin Cities are thinking about becoming bike friendly places.
See the story in the Star Tribune.
