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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This was the only working repair stand and air pump on the stretch of the trail I rode, probably because it was both newer and sponsored by a law firm. That's because with the way we've designed the transportation system for automobility, you can get away with minimal pre-planning, unless you're going to an out of the way place.

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

It has altered transportation use and the daily commute. Local government elected officials and all attorneys have sworn an oath to uphold the state constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. Local Government Law 515 (4th ed. 2015); John Martinez, 3 Local Government Law § 21:7, at 21-25 (2d ed. 708 (1996).

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This entry became very long, so I broke it up.

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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Cache Valley Daily reports, " Local stakeholders to host transportation safety summit at Logan Library ," that the MPO there is holding a traffic safety conference next week, to support its plan to reduce crashes and deaths. CMPO’s 2024 Safety Summit will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part three -- transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

focused on capturing worker trips but open to all ," (2017) -- " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 26 programs ," (2024, original 2015, updated 2020) -- " Repeating b.s. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. This is a great explication of the network concept applied to biking. From the c.