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Kids on the Street

Friday Funny: Pity the Fool Who Doesn't Yield to a Law-Abiding Pedestrian

A satirical article published by The Onion tells a familiar tale.

February 15, 2019 - The Onion

Chicago Six-Way

Chicago's Infamous Wicker Park Six-Corner Finally Gets an Update

The intersection, deadly at times, will lose its slip lanes. Bonus features include a bigger crosswalk and bike boxes.

September 16, 2017 - Streetsblog Chicago

Halloween

Halloween Costumes for Urban Planners — 5th Edition

Looking for fun halloween costume ideas? Look no further than Planetizen for the latest halloween costumes.

October 31, 2016 - Jennifer Evans-Cowley

Cuffed for a Crosswalk: DIY Traffic Safety Intervention Gets Man Arrested

The arrest of a Vallejo, California man for painting a crosswalk at a dangerous intersection near his home is the latest guerrilla urbanist intervention to run afoul of the law.

June 4, 2013 - CBS Sacramento

Two cheers for midblock crossings

A few weeks ago, I read a newspaper article commenting on a pedestrian who was killed in a car crash; the article suggested “educating pedestrians to cross at intersections.”  But sometimes, some pedestrians are actually safer crossing mid-block. Here’s why: when I cross at the intersection nearest my suburban apartment, I have to look for traffic coming from a variety of directions: not just oncoming drivers in both directions who might run red lights, but also drivers turning from the corners of the intersection.

January 31, 2009 - Michael Lewyn

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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City of Thousand Oaks

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City of Wisconsin Rapids

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Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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