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Marc Lefkowitz | 05/03/17 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Transportation choices
Shifting from a car to another form of transportation is a big deal—one that could use broad organizational support. Otherwise, it seems like all of the incentives are out there for driving (like the average six parking spots per metro area for one vehicle. It’s like a brick to the accelerator).
Marc Lefkowitz | 04/25/17 @ 11:00am | Posted in Land
Generally, the narrative around sprawl is one of disinvestment in one area (usually the core of the metropolitan area) versus investment fueled by highways favoring formerly unincorporated areas. Sprawl has shown that inequities can be allowed to persist in government policy.
Marc Lefkowitz | 04/10/17 @ 11:00am | Posted in Biking, Transit, Walking, Driving, Transportation
Over the last decade, complete streets have been firmly established with urban planners, biking, transit and health advocates as a central tenet to improved access and safety on roads largely built for the convenience of cars.
Marc Lefkowitz | 04/06/17 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Transit
More than 100 people showed up on a Wednesday evening in Cleveland to participate in a discussion about the future of transit in Northeast Ohio.
Marc Lefkowitz | 03/31/17 @ 12:00pm | Posted in Home landscaping, Connecting to nature, Land
2017 is the year Cleveland turns its attention to “vibrant green space.” Since 2008 when the city launched a ten-year plan called Sustainable Cleveland 2019 (SC2019), the city’s Office of Sustainability has organized events and activities around a major sustainability theme. Cleveland can lay claim to one of the more longstanding commitments to sustainability. SC2019‘s big event is the annual sustainability...
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