News from around the web

  • Perhaps the planners at Leucadia need to meet the planners from St. Louis? A test run of reducing “four traffic lanes to three, changes the timing of traffic lights, adding curb “bulb-outs” to reduce the amount of yardage pedestrians need to cross from 56 to 40 feet, and increases lighting and landscaping.” The results? Public feedback was about ten-to-one in favor.
  • Space Hogs – Streetsblog collected images from around the world of the space invaders; images of motor vehicles taking up public space.