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  • 'Open streets' in Pennsylvania's cities: closing streets to cars, opening them to cyclists and salsa lessons

    May 28, 2015 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    Bogotá is largely credited with originating the concept of “open streets” —where city roads are closed to car traffic and given over to people for fun and fitness—but it has grown beyond that city, surfacing in Pennsylvania.

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  • How One Weekend in Dallas Sparked a Movement for Urban Change

    April 20, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    A Dallas urban neighborhood was dilapidated with abandoned storefronts and offered no vitality for pedestrians. A group of artists and community members created Build a Better Block, in which local artisans and small businesses took over a vacant block and transformed it for a limited time to encourage the ingredients for more permanent urban renewal.

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  • Seniors Take Manhattan

    January 13, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Cities tend to be dangerous and difficult places to live for older residents. A private public partnership in New York is catering to seniors through small changes in the city such as para-transit options and seniors-only hours at public establishments.

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  • Istanbul is slowly but surely getting on its bike

    January 04, 2015 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    Istanbul is often congested with traffic, especially as the population grows and more people buy cars but the lack of bicycle infrastructure has prevented biking from being an alternative transportation. This is changing now that biking is being encouraged through social media, the Cyclists' Transport Platform organizing group bike rides, the creation of bike lanes and other initiatives.

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  • A Critical Mass Tragedy Sparks a Bicycle Boom in Brazil

    July 30, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Porto Alegre

    Support and popularity for bicycle use and culture has grown in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Following a deadly incident killing two cyclists at a bicycle event, the city has seen a demonstrative outpouring of support. City officials and activists say that while the tragedy created a sense of solidarity in support of cyclists, the city itself has started seeing shifts, in culture and policy, over the years to become more bicycle friendly.

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  • Even rural America can have good public transportation

    July 23, 2014 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Aspen, Colorado

    Rural areas are known for requiring tourists to rent a car in order to move around, which can be a significant added expense. But Aspen has developed a bus system that can bring residents or tourists from Aspen to suburban areas and back, and the area is also well geared to bicycle use.

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  • How to Build a Better Neighborhood

    June 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    The Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas suffered from recession-closed businesses and crime. Then community members used placemaking, in which people shaped their own environment to improve the quality of life, and the concept of Build a Better Block, which was a pop-up event showcasing art, food, music, and local faire. The idea gives citizens a fresh look at the possibilities through which to transform the space in which they live, and it has attracted attention across the country and around the world.

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  • Why Sweden has so few road deaths

    February 26, 2014 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

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  • In Bogotá, Activists Are Fighting Against a Backslide in Pedestrian Safety

    June 13, 2013 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    Bogotá has become a danger for pedestrians. Cars have the right of the way and it is up to pedestrians to stay alert and safe. Now, citizens are using paint on sidewalks and roads to draw attention to dangers such as potholes or areas where pedestrians have been killed.

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  • There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find

    October 02, 2012 |

    TreeHugger |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Conventional merchants are afraid to lose parking spaces to bike parking or bike lanes. New York and Portland are finding cyclists increase local economies, and spend more money too.

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