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This is very interesting. I am working on creating a plan for the old gates rubber factory site and I-25/Broadway park and ride for class and think I am going to work in one of these b-cycle things near the station. Sounds like there may be some problems with the system but hopefully with time the kinks can get worked out.

mark,

can you also send me info on study materials

Thanks

If it’s not too late, I like to collaborate. I’ve got Section E left and then I’m taking the Florida section.

Go to the website below to view the study guids for the vignettes. The should be enough to prepare you to pass.

http://www.ppi2pass.com/ppi/PPIShop_ct_LAREEXAM

I took and passed section B, along with A and D, last March and I must say I had great luck with the Land Development Handbook by Dewberry. It turned out to be a wonderful source. Section B is a really difficult test to pass, and I think CLARB is getting more and more into stormwater management programming elements, so it also helped me to…[Read more]

I recently found out about a concept called bicycle boulavards: http://www.ibpi.usp.pdx.edu/guidebook.php
Essentially, it’s a shared street with an emphasis on bikes. Cars are allowed, but low speeds discourage drivers who aren’t residents of the neighborhoods. It sounds a lot like a woonerf to me. It may be the sort of thing they have in that…[Read more]

Very cool examples, I have seen more use of underpasses for parking and storage of road maintenance vehicles and supplies, but with enough light and knowledge of its existence, and usable space could definitely be developed.

I think one are that the US would have to look at is mass transit becuase we have intentionally zoned our jobs away from our homes. Nobody wants to live next to an industrial plant, and not in my backyard politics have forced most of us to be long range commuters (long range in terms, I work 17 miles from my home and go through 5 cities to get to…[Read more]

Fort Collins, CO has been doing a bike sharing program for a while. They use a co-op system to get volunteers to bring in unwanted/non-functioning bicycles on weekends to an open garage and learn how to fix em up so others can use them. The co-op then paints them and slaps a serial number on them and borrows them out.

Its a good program that…[Read more]

Fort Collins has something similar, a Bike Library. You have to put a deposit down in case you don’t return the bike, but if you do it’s refunded and completely free. They don’t track any stats on your ride though. Never used it myself, since I own a bike, but it is nice to know it’s there for when I have out of town guests.

Very cool, this addresses a lot of the problems with bike sharing. I still have some questions, like has anyone actually used a B-Cycle?

Here are some more links:
http://www.denvergov.org/DenverGovHome/tabid/37891/newsid97029/1664…
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&source=embed&oe=UTF8…

Speaking of quantification, these folks say your dog puts out a larger carbon footprint (or pawprint) than an SUV:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427311.600-how-green-is-your-pet.html

We have done a few skate park plazas under highways and overpasses. Check the following:

http://vdz.ca/project.php?id=1&cat=10

This one is in St. John’s, NB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvqiiGvV5w&feature=related

Check out Walter Hood’s “Splash Pad Park” in Oakland – http://www.wjhooddesign.com/splashpad.html

Interesting campaign by Toyota, they’ve been getting a lot of flack for this-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/26/toyota-chamber-climate-bill (and quotes from the president of the Chamber of Commerce near the end…)

There’s been lots of “studies” comparing the CO2 from a Hummer to a Pious, but they all seem to get debunked for…[Read more]

Mission Creek Park in San Francisco is something you should check out. It was covered recently in LAM and here are some photos we have on sitephocus.com – Mission Creek Park

This month’s LAM has a feature on a new park/ greenway in Houston under a highway system.

http://www.isthmus.co.nz/?action=project-detail&id=13
u may like2 check this one, its actually a park design with motor way overpass, could nt b the kind u after though….