If you don't visit The Oil Drum, you may not have seen this great video report on roads closed off to motor vehicles for a day in Portland, Oregon, to allow people to bike, walk, rollerblade and jog without worrying about traffic.
http://local.theoildrum.com/node/4294
On the Climate Protection subcommittee of the city's Sustainability Task Force we are working up a plan to present to the City to do something similar.
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1 comment:
I love this idea! It is more immediate than trails (paved especially, I'm an inline skater) and lots of cities do it.
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