WALK LAUREL: infrastructure

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Links Edition - developing the smart way

Haven't had the time to update this Blog as frequently as I would like. In reality, I see it morphing toward editorializing and discussion of best practices, rather than an update/discussion on Laurel-specific plans (tough to do the latter when you're no longer in the know). Strangely, this site gets 300 to 400 hits a month still, mostly from people researching pedestrian and bike safety/infrastructure. Kind of flattering for the City, no? Regardless, here are some links to articles I've finally gotten around to reading that may be informative to those that still come here:

College Park City Council gets it: "Among the city’s conditions for approval were moving and reorienting the buildings to make them more accessible to pedestrians on River Road, in advance of future development for a Purple Line station."
Fitting an entire village (and all its tax revenue) in the space the of a single non-tax generating County parking lot.
How much is a bike trail worth? (self explanatory)
For those that think stop signs always make streets safer.
The importance of pedestrian and bike master planning.
Bike can run red lights in Paris.
Creating sustainable Cities.(a long, but good, read)
The case for bike infrastructure (this is a long read but worth your time)

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Aerial view of Laurel: Google updates its maps

A month ago, Google's satellites passed over Laurel and they updated all aerial imagery of the City. There, you can see changes made to the City over the last few years. Below, are some of very projects that WalkLaurel has mentioned over the last year or so.