"Road Diet" for Carson Street?
The notion of putting downtown Carson Street on a "Road Diet" has emerged again, this time championed by local business owner Doreen Mack. According to [...]
Walking with the Walking School Bus
Carson City celebrated Nevada Moves Day today with "Walking School Buses" to area elementary schools. I joined one at Mark Twain School. We walked from [...]
A greenway on Nevada St?
Please watch the StreetFilms video on Portland's neighborhood greenways, and think about the applicability and practicability for Carson City. Portland has a grid street system, [...]
No traffic lights?
A fascinating and provocative video from an organization in England, FitRoads, about an experiment which turned off the lights, the traffic signals, and what [...]
Anne on Narrowing Carson Street
"Imagine getting out of your car and joining the world again." Anne Macquarie, board member and founder of Muscle Powered, penned a great opinion piece [...]
Hummingbird Parents
As an antidote to the "helicopter parents" syndrome (see my SRTS blog post on helicopter parents), here is a post from Richard Louv on how [...]
20 is plenty!
I love StreetFilms! There is nothing like the visual to cause one to reconsider what one thinks one knows. And here is a [...]
Ten Percent Challenge
Muscle Powered and Bike Carson are challenging Carson City to reduce motor vehicle traffic by 10% in Carson City on Bike to Work Day, Friday, [...]
Ten Reasons
Jeff Moser posted Ten Reasons to Commute by Bike on Bike Carson. Thank you! I like the entire list, but "Reconnect with your community" is [...]
Sidewalks and livability on 4th St
Carson City Public Works recently rebuilt the sidewalks on Fourth St between Carson St and Curry St, as well as some nearby sidewalks [...]