by creedla | May 19, 2017 | Transit-Oriented Development
Four-Leaf Clover Highway Interchange Designed In 1931 It’s hard to imagine a point in our nation’s history when people got genuinely excited about newly-introduced highway features. However, in November 1931, the Engineering News-Record reported on the first...
by creedla | Mar 9, 2017 | Environment, Transit-Oriented Development
Before Planes, Before Trains, there was … the Erie Canal Connoisseurs of civil engineering projects often credit the Panama Canal as mankind’s pivotal triumph over nature. Yet, an equally ambitious project predated it by almost a century and was done without the aid...
by creedla | Feb 16, 2017 | Aesthetics And Renovations, Environmental News, Transit-Oriented Development
Disconcerting News for Gephyrophobics Gephyrophobics, individuals that suffer anxiety with respect to crossing bridges or going through tunnels, often reveal their fears manifested from traumatic experiences at some point in their lives. Rather disconcertingly,...
by creedla | Nov 19, 2015 | City Planners in Los Angeles, Transit-Oriented Development
Los Angeles Transit Oriented Development. Smart Planning Today for a Better Tomorrow An image comes to mind when we hear the word bucolic, that of picturesque, almost rural small towns that harken back to simpler times. These towns had a centralized “Main Street” that...