More poor people are moving into the suburbs, which means more pedestrians in neighborhoods which were built with only cars in mind. This report examines the many obstacles to making multi-lane roads safer for pedestrians. What roads around Fort Wayne have similar problems? Update: Here’s my 2008 post on a dangerous crossing on North Clinton [...]
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The highways of the future!
An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA. In this last part of the show, an exploration into possible future Transportation technologies is made.
What’s your verdict on Calhoun Street?
Calhoun Street in downtown Fort Wayne from Washington Boulevard to Berry Street was demolished, and rebuilt, and is now a two-way street. What do you think?
How to brand our bike routes
Do bike route signs matter?
If you don’t think so, check the 20 and counting comments on the Spaulding brothers’ Web site, What’s Going Down(town), where they posted the possible bike route sign that would be duplicated all over Fort Wayne.
Dangerous crossing
This is North Clinton Street at Grove Street here in Fort Wayne. It’s a bit north of downtown, so the lack of pedestrian safety is unfortunately a given. This intersection is close to a large number of apartments, down Grove to the left, and the last I heard, many new immigrants are placed there. I [...]
AroundFortWayne Blog finds bike lanes to nowhere
Bike Lanes to nowhere… | The AroundFortWayne Blog Photo taken of the bridge just south of the zoo by Franke Park. The bike lanes will eventually connect with more paths, but right now, they’re orphans. Read the post here.
Slow down, you move too fast
A policy that encourages cars to keep moving privileges cars at the expense of pedestrians and bicyclists. Since drivers, for the most part, already believe that they have priority on the road, in places where there are many more walkers and bicyclists, drivers able to drive more quickly because of fewer impediments would likely feel [...]
$55 million Maplecrest extension approved
I honestly want to hear John Kalb‘s view on this project: Less than a week after a majority of members expressed serious doubts about the project, Allen County Council on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the extension of Maplecrest Road from Lake Avenue south to Adams Center Road. The 6-1 vote in favor of a $25 million [...]
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