On Friday, November 14th, I’ll be giving the 9th Annual Howard A. Stafford Lecture in the Department of Geography at the University of Cincinnati. The subject is “The Moving Across Places Study (MAPS): Measuring the Influence of Built Environmental Interventions on Physical Activity.” For more information, see the flyer.
Hope to see you there, my friends in the greater tri-state region!
Transit Columbus, a local non-profit citizen group supporting a better connected Columbus, has just announced Re:Map Columbus – an alternative transportation map design contest.
The idea is to develop a map to highlight alternative transportation modes (walk, bike, CoGo, Car2Go, COTA, etc) for all of Columbus, or in specific neighborhoods. The winning submission will receive a $2,000 prize. The top 10 submissions as chosen by the public will receive a CoGo year membership as well as additional prizes. You may submit as an individual or a team.
The contest will start on November 1st with submissions being accepted until December 31st, 2014.
More information and rules at: http://www.transitcolumbus.org/mapcontest/
Back on September 12, I posted about the magic of road diets – a relatively inexpensive way to achieve many good outcomes in urban transportation such as walkability, bikeability, increased safety and traffic calming.
A great example of a road diet is the Nationwide Boulevard project in the Arena District of Columbus (my fair city): Nationwide Boulevard Road Diet on Track for Fall Completion. This project is also a great example of public-private partnerships, with funding coming from the City of Columbus and adjacent property owners.
Way to go, Cbus! Now let’s talk again about protected bike lanes in downtown…