Sarah Goodyear at Grist has a shocking slideshow of the most unsafe cities for pedestrians in America. She writes: Streets in the U.S. are designed not for people, but for cars. And it shows. From 2000 through 2009, some 47,700 pedestrians were killed by drivers.…
Yesterday I posted about the innovative planning measures the City of Chicago is rolling out to combat climate change - except they're not touching their urban coal plants. In this time-lapse footage, Greenpeace activists paint “Quit Coal” on the 450 ft. tall smokestack at the…
In 2008, I took this photo of the benches along the Centennial Trail near Upriver Drive when the Spokane River flooded. At the time, there was an ordinance implemented to ban recreational activities in the river during this stage. Kayakers were upset. Why would the…
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