American Planning Association: Economic Development + Stormwater – What’s New?
Economic Development + Stormwater – What’s New? American Planning Association national conference session titled “Shared Stormwater Systems as Economic Incentives.”
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This booklet is a product of a 2014 American Planning Association national conference session titled “Shared Stormwater Systems as Economic Incentives.” The session, presented April 29, 2014 in Atlanta GA, outlines strategies for using shared stormwater systems to enhance the environment while attracting and retaining businesses.
Danielle Gallet of Center for Neighborhood Technology and Lisa Nisenson of the tech start-up GreaterPlaces wanted to go beyond the typical conference session and create a presentation that (1) gathered examples from green infrastructure practitioners, (2) provided the audience with the latest on “this is how you get green infrastructure done,” (3) leveraged the knowledge of the assembled audience, and (4) delivered a product community advocates and professionals could use long after the conference is over
New STRAVA Metro feature shows City Planners how cyclists are using City streets
New STRAVA Metro feature shows CIty Planners how cyclists are using City streets
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Strava Metro is a new service that pulls from their database of activities, which they say is over 300 billion GPS points and growing, to give cycling advocacy groups and government organizations better insight into where people are biking in their cities. The goal is to help them make better informed decisions about alternative transportation infrastructure like bike lanes.
Perfect timing since next week is Bike To Work Week, which should provide a bit more data on how less avid cyclists might contribute to the load. The link shows “heatmap” visualizations of Metro data for SF, NYC and London, illustrating the available data for some of the largest cities in the world.
Walk On: Strategies to Promote Walkable Communities
Walk On: Strategies to Promote Walkable Communities http://ht.ly/s1wbl
Walk On: Strategies to Promote Walkable Communities is designed to help public health professionals and community advocates make the case for making our communities and streets walkable. Walk On explores the nuts and bolts of planning and Complete Streets policies and includes case studies on rural and urban communities that are making real strides to encourage walking.
Kudos to Chicago, since 2009 Roanoke has also found Utility Coordination successful
Kudos to Chicago, since 2009 Roanoke has also found Utility Coordination to be successful in getting Utility projects completed ahead of the City’s annual Paving program http://ht.ly/r3Lgs
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