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My Top 20 Favorite Large US Cities: 10 through 6

April 19, 2009

My apologies on the long delay for this posting. I have accepted a new job and things have become a little crazy as you might imagine. More on that to come. For now, hope you enjoy the series: 10.  Boston, MA – Boston is one of those cities I really like, but when I’ve gone [...]

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Day 17: Gaslamp Quarter – San Diego, CA

July 18, 2007

We’re back in California today to one of America’s favorite cities, San Diego. I took this photo in one of my favorite entertainment spots in the country—The Gaslamp Quarter. This photo is looking down E Street toward Horton Plaza, the gigantic downtown outdoor shopping center. The Gaslamp has one of the highest concentrations of restaurants [...]

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Day 14: Downtown – La Jolla, CA

July 15, 2007

Downtown La Jolla, just north of San Diego, has many great shops and restaurants. It is situated along the Pacific Ocean, and has a long coastal trail with lots of parkland. This was another one of those places where it was hard to choose a photo. This image probably would not have ranked this high [...]

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Integrating the Wheels in Freiburg, Germany

May 14, 2007

During the Summer of 2006, I completed my Bachelors of Science at a UC Davis summer abroad program in Freiburg, Germany. I spent four weeks living and studying the success of Freiburg’s balanced transportation system through community-based research involving interviews with local and state transport authorities. While living in Europe that summer, I wrote articles [...]

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Walking Storytime: Fred’s Mexican Cafe in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter

June 22, 2006

I promised I would give a shout out to Fred’s Mexican Cafe in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter on our site because: a) they had outstanding service, b) they had excellent food, and c) they were very walkable neighborhood friendly. So here you go, Fred’s! The story behind my visit is somewhat interesting. I was in [...]

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Video: Busiest Pedestrian Crossing in the World

March 23, 2006

This is supposedly the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan. Watch how long the pedestrians get to cross in the full traffic light cycle! I would have a hard time seeing our traffic engineers in most places the U.S. implementing this any time soon. Although, it is being used [...]

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