Bicycling in the Winter It’s the holidays, which means less daylight, poor visibility, and cranky drivers hurrying to or from the chaos of the major retail areas — a bad cocktail for the bundled pedestrians and wind-chilled bicyclists braving the streets. So, instead of just saying, “Be careful out there!” and sending you off with a hearty pat […]
by Phil Goff, Planner, Alta Planning + Design Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace is Boston’s late-19th century gem that helped open the design/engineering profession’s eyes to the ability of well-designed landscapes to tie together parts of the city with a network of green spaces, boulevards, parks and carriageways. Like Central Park and others, it was […]
by Jean Crowther, Planner, Alta Planning + Design I co-founded a nonprofit named globalbike with a mission to use the transformative power of bikes to connect people and resources. They have been providing bikes to care-workers and community groups in developing countries since 2006 and, for the last two years, I had the chance to […]
