Category: Places that Suck
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While Madison Rests on its Cycling Laurels….
Madison’s bike infrastructure: Resting on our Laurels
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Mayor Pave’s Green Paving, Shingling
Mayor Pave’s paving budget on a steep trajectory.
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Lucky in Paving
Mayor Pave celebrates the city’s pre-eminent paver going into retirement.
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Mayor Pave’s Latest Paving: Verona Rd & Beltline (Breathe Now, While You Still Can!
Mayor Pave’s latest paving project: the Verona Road/Beltline Interchange
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Paris from Medieval to Military Modern: Photo Art exhibit
“Napoleon III and Paris” photo exhibit @ Met–Interesting look the development of Paris from a Medieval city to a modern one. The take home message: Haussmann redesigned Paris to make it easier for the military to sweep through the city; Moses opened New York to motor vehicles. Both men destroyed entire neighborhoods in the process.…
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The MotorLESS City
NYT article “Bike Among the Ruins,” a re-imagining of Detroit as the MotorLESS City.
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The Long Emergency is Nigh (and Big Boxes are Going DOWN!)
Big boxes dying across the country, little boxes thriving in places that appreciate the local & long-lived.
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Highway Bloatitecture: A Cancer on the City Center
What do Brussels, Madison, Atlanta, and Little Rock have in common? Highway-scaped Bloatitecture in the middle of the city.
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Mayor Pave Hogwild For Highways
Mayor Pave’s continuing pursuit pork and a more perfect Schaumburg.
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Mayor Pave: Keeping up with the Schaumburgs
Yet another auto-centric pave over of our countryside.