Bike Advocates Review Pittsburgh Region’s Ability to Deal with Hills, Bridges
Pittsburgh, PA – September 9, 2014 – Pittsburgh’s hills, valleys and rivers make for a beautiful landscape. They also make it a challenge when designing infrastructure and planning transportation, especially bicycling. … Dru van Hengel, a transportation professional from Portland, OR, arrived Monday in Pittsburgh with the riders from Washington. She experienced some of the …
Cyclists Pedal to Pittsburgh for Convention
Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2014 – Bikers from Nelson Nygaard, a transportation planning firm in San Francisco, covered the entire 310 miles from Washington. Zabe Bent says she pedals about 50 urban miles every week out west, but, “This was about that much per day. So it felt pretty good to really get out …
Let’s Restart the Conversation on Dallas Transportation
(and, oh yeah, kill the toll road) Dallas, TX – September 4, 2014 – Yesterday evening, I spoke with the AIA Dallas event’s keynote speaker, Jeff Tumlin. Tumlin consults on transportation out of San Francisco and had some very important things to say about our little city that I can preview for you here. Through …
Los Angeles Office Opens
San Francisco, CA – August 26, 2014 – Nelson\Nygaard opened its eighth office in a major city when it established an LA office in late August. Principal Paul Moore and Senior Associate Steve Boland will join Senior Associate Adina Ringler, who has been based in Los Angeles since 2010. Associate Hazel Scher will join the …
Active Transportation Conference Inspires Bike Ride from DC to Pittsburgh
Bike tour is 310 miles to Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place Washington, DC — August 26, 2014 — More than ten people have opted for two-wheel conveyance to roll into Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place, a conference dedicated to promoting walking, biking, and placemaking. Conference organizers are expecting more than 1,000 participants at the Pittsburgh conference September …
Houston’s Plan to Make “Bicycle Interstates” Out of Its Utility Network
Washington, DC – July 29, 2014 – Long lanes of grass alongside power lines are almost as ubiquitous in Houston as highways. There are roughly 500 miles of high-voltage utility rights-of-way criss-crossing the city, and they’re mostly just dead spaces, forming weedy barriers between neighborhoods. What could the city do if it repurposed these underused spaces? Inspired by an …