“DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs invites community members to help shape the future of the County's trail and greenway network through the Trail and Greenway Master Plan planning process.”

I just completed the survey about DeKalb’s trail and greenway network. If you work or live in DeKalb county, please submit your thoughts!

https://www.dekalbgatrails.com/participate

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I think it’s easy for a driver in traffic to see an empty bike lane and think “if only I could use that lane I wouldn’t be stuck,” but the only reason that lane is clear is because it’s denied to cars. If it were another car lane, it would be just another lane stuck in traffic.

https://orangegnome.com/posts/2509/some-thoughts-on-data-suggests-fears-of-bike-lane-induced-vehicle-traffic-nightmareare-unfounded

#Cycling #Urbanism #ReducingCarDependency #StrongTowns

I’ve been thinking and chatting about this article for the past few days. I think it’s exactly the kind of development we need in Decatur. Decatur is very walkable and has a Marta station. No additional parking means no induced cars, no induced traffic.

https://decaturish.com/2023/08/new-241-room-hotel-proposed-for-swanton-way-in-downtown-decatur/

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“more units of housing anywhere are generally good. What isn’t so good is piling more people into neighborhoods where driving is essentially required. This choice creates congestion while diminishing the very things people crave about cities”

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8/11/in-the-name-of-urbanism

#ReducingCarDependency #StrongTowns

“If we really want our cities to be financially strong, equitable, and beautiful containers for human life, we should seriously question this [auto-centric design] status quo. And we can start that process by examining the values and expectations embedded in cars as tools…”

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8/8/3-takeaways-from-ivan-illichs-critique-of-cars

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This episode of #TheWarOnCars is an interesting discussion of the special privilege we allow cars in society, the behaviors we rationalize for cars that we would not in any other scenario.

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/01/31/car-brain-with-dr-ian-walker/

#Transportation #ReducingCarDependency