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Monthly Archives: December 2012
MOTUnes Monday – Country Roads
Every Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) showcases a transportation, sustainability, or energy related song. This week, we’re going to be taken home by John Denver’s “Country Roads”
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Best Big City for Biking
The website http://www.walkscore.com, in collaboration with researchers at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, announced last week that Philadelphia ranks as the ninth most bikeable city United States and the best city for biking with a population … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
MOTUnes Monday – Here Comes the Sun
Every Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) showcases a transportation, sustainability, or energy related song. This week we’ll give tribute to our most abundant energy source with The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.”
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Philadelphia is the #1 Large City for Biking
Walkscore, the company that measures the walkability and bikeability of neighborhoods nationwide has just released a list of the Most Bikeable Cities in the country. Philadelphia is the #1 Large City for biking in the United States. The Bike Score … Continue reading
Posted in MOTU Announcements
Raising the Bar: Building political capital to implement key design initiatives
Deputy Mayor Cutler spent an hour talking with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes , NYC’s Janette Sadik-Khan, (Commissioner New York City Department of Transportation), Gabe Klein (Commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation ), Ed Reiskin (Director of Transportation, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency ), Tom Tinlin … Continue reading
Posted in MOTU Missives, Uncategorized
MOTUnes Monday – Born to Run
Every Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) showcases a transportation related song. This week we’ll speed down the boulevard with Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”
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Street Furniture
What will street furniture look like in the near future? New York City is hosting a contest to reimagine the way that payphones work in the urban environment. Reinvent Payphones, will ask teams of designers, urban planners, and technologists to … Continue reading
Posted in Research Rest-Stop
Bike Share in Philadelphia: From feasibility study to action
As you may have read in Saturday’s Inky, we are taking steps to bring bike share to Philadelphia. Bike share systems provide iconic, sturdy bikes at self-service docking stations that allow users to pick up a bike at one station … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
MOTUnes Monday | (Are you Ready) Do The Bus Stop
Every Monday, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities (MOTU) showcases a transportation related song. This week, we’ll turn to the front and turn to the back, and get ready to ‘Do The Bus Stop’ by The Fatback Band.
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Red Light Cameras and Safety
An article posted on New Jersey Real-Time News explores traffic accidents that occur at intersections with red light cameras. The article looks at a recent report by the New Jersey Department of Transportation that that keeps track of accidents, costs, … Continue reading
Posted in Research Rest-Stop
