January Website of the Month: CoolTown Studios
We are starting a new feature at Walkable Neighborhoods – giving recognition each month to a website that encourages and promotes walkable neighborhoods, compact and sustainable development, and smart growth principles. The selection for this month was not a difficult process. CoolTown Studios is a great source for walkable-related information. Neil Takemoto, the founding director of...
Read MoreWalking Audit of MLK Jr Boulevard in Sacramento’s Oak Park Community
Residents in the Oak Park Community of Sacramento took to the streets last Saturday to address a major challenge – eliminating the stereotype that surrounds streets named after the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For those that are unfamiliar with the stereotype, streets named after King are often associated with poor, dilapidated, and predominately black neighborhoods. Martin Luther...
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Worst Telephone-Pole-in-Sidewalk Photo Ever
I took these photos last Saturday during a walking audit led by Walk Sacramento through Sacramento’s Oak Park Community. The width of the sidewalk is supposed to be about four feet wide. However, with the pole, the width was probably less than two feet wide. Plus, there was a fence right up against the sidewalk on the other side which automatically takes about a foot of usable space of the...
Read MoreMy Top Five Walkability Wishes for 2006
We are a few weeks into the new year, so I guess I should have already made my wish list. Oh well, I can be the last list of them all. Today, I will be living in my own little world where I along get to make significant differences in my country. I apologize in advance if I sound a little bit harsh. Here are my top wishes for the new year (in no particular order): 1. The Disappearance of Surface...
Read MoreBike Tour Part of LA’s Sixth Annual Nacimiento Tour
Announcement from the Latino Urban Forum: The 6th Annual Nacimiento Tour Sunday, January 8, 2006 The free tour will start at 12 noon and wind its way through homes and public displays of East Los Angeles’ rich folk art of nativity scenes. The tour is either self-guided by car or you can join the bike tour. The 15-mile bike tour, which covers the communities of Highland Park, Lincoln...
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