Sarah Goodyear

Thanks this morning to City Parks Blog for tipping us off to this CNN report on what could be a revolutionary initiative in Delhi, India (you’ll have to sit through a BASF ad to watch the video).

Today on the Streetsblog Network, EcoVelo has an important reminder of how our essential human frailty can change our ability to move around our community:

The people at Bike Friendly Oak Cliff tipped us off to this video about a truly inspirational event that happened in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas a couple of weeks ago.

Over the weekend on CommuteOrlando Blog, Keri McCaffrey posted a video showing a bicyclist riding in the wrong direction on a Florida street. After pointing out how this might have ended badly for the rider, she poses the question "Why do they do this?":

There’s a great discussion going on over at Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit blog about how to integrate cycling with transit to solve the persistent "last mile" problem. It’s one of the biggest barriers to transit use — the final mile or so between the bus or train stop and your destination. And it’s a perfect distance to cover on a bicycle.

What are people looking for when they search for a place to live? This morning on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring a couple of posts from people who have been trying to find home. Obviously, different people want different things from their residences at different stages of life. But what struck us about both of the posts was the high value the writers put on walkability — a trend highlighted by the use of tools like Walk Score on real estate sites around the country.