Safeguarding Independent Living
By Clare Cahalan and John Renne
Living independently, especially for
seniors and the disabled, is a freedom
enjoyed by a growing segment of the
population. However, the catastrophic
flooding in the New Orleans area revealed that
our society is illprepared
to
respond to people
with mobility restrictions. . .
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Matching Grant Program Takes Off
By Julie Lemerond
Stoughton, Wisconsin is a bit like Bob
Dylan’s girlfriend.
If you love your hometown—and
Americans love their hometowns like
no other—you’ll ride a long ways just to be with
the one you love. And just as a young Dylan rode
his motorcycle all the way down Highway 51 to
see his sweetheart, Stoughton natives have traveled
a long and difficult road to keep their community
vibrant and thriving. . .
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Transportation Costs and Affordability
By Jill Siegel
In 1994, researchers at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) in Chicago, the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco, and the Surface Transportation Policy Project in Washington, DC, began work on “location efficiency.” Their purpose was to explore the assumption that a household’s car ownership and driving decrease measurably as their daily work, housing, and leisure destinations become more convenient, especially through the use of nonautomotive means. . .
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Hi Tech Conduits Can Warn About Flaws
By Mark Solof
Utility crews put down the orange cones, close off the street, bring in the backhoes and begin digging to get at a ruptured water main. It’s a familiar scene in communities around the nation, one that occurs as a section of pipe finally succumbs to the combined assaults of age, corrosion, vibration and water pressure. . .
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By Dave Behrend
Transit-oriented development, in many ways, is a planning dream—providing housing dense enough to support a transit hub with a variety of travel options accompanied by retail development and a streetscape conducive to walking. Such a mix of transportation efficiency and compact land use can do much to preserve open space, put development where infrastructure already exists, and make the most efficient use of transportation systems, all while keeping the growth of automobile traffic in check.
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By Ted Ritter
When it comes to wheeled transportation, bicycles are tough to beat as a basic means for getting from here to there. As illustrated by some of the following photos, bicycles are literally a daily way of life for many people. For others, bikes are something of an obsessive hobby, commanding hours of creative tinkering and modifications in the garage or workshop. . .
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