Green Options » livable http://greenoptions.com/tag/livable Posts tagged 'livable' Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Car-Free Market Street Is Closer to Reality http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:12:55 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/ My long held fantasy of a car-free Market Street became just a little closer to reality today. A transit improvement report was just approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority that encourages travel by bus, foot and bicycle along this busy thoroughfare. District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly, who requested the report, expressed his support for the positive changes being implemented that will limit car traffic on Market. “It will feel pretty good to see some progress, albeit incremental progress on Market Street,” he said.

car-free Market StreetA glorious car-free Market Street in June of 2008 after the queer pride parade.

I could not agree more, and am eagerly anticipating the upcoming changes; they can’t come quickly enough. Cars make us fat. The more we can increase walking, biking and mass transit use, the healthier our citizens will be, and the more livable and sustainable both our city and world will become.

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/28/car-free-market-street-is-closer-to-reality/feed/ What Is a Good City? http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/08/what-is-a-good-city/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/08/what-is-a-good-city/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:51:14 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/08/what-is-a-good-city/ What Is a Good City?

That was one of the many probing questions that the visionary former mayor of Bogotá Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, asked a packed auditorium in San Francisco last night. How do we define what makes a good city, what is our criteria? What makes an urban environment desirable and livable, and how do we judge the quality of life? What is socially and environmentally sustainable?

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/08/what-is-a-good-city/feed/ Sundial Span Soars into the Summer Solstice http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/21/sundial-span-soars-into-the-summer-solstice/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/21/sundial-span-soars-into-the-summer-solstice/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:58:18 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/21/sundial-span-soars-into-the-summer-solstice/ If you ever find yourself near Redding California, especially on June 21st, you should make an effort to visit Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge, which spans the waters of the Sacramento River. In addition to being a stunning functional

Sundial Pedestrian Bridge

work of art that attracts thousands of pedestrians, families, bicyclists and nature lovers, every year on the summer solstice the beautifully designed structure also functions as an accurate sundial.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/21/sundial-span-soars-into-the-summer-solstice/feed/ Traffic Calming Made Easy http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:16:34 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/06/06/traffic-calming-made-easy/ In this 24 second animated short Elizabeth Press, one of the clever folks at Streetfilms, explains the beauty and simplicity of traffic calming by the utilization of chicanes, a series of constructed curves that slow car traffic, and make our streets safer and more livable.

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