Planning Livable CommunitiesSmart growth: How to fight sprawl, reshape our cities and towns and take back our streetsBurlington, Vermonts downtown that works and what Framingham might learn- August 12, 2008 Burlington, Vt. proper has a population that&8217;s smaller than Framingham &8212; just 40,000 people (plus several colleges) &8212; yet it boasts a thriving downtown and rejuvenated waterfront. We were there yesterday, on a Sunday afternoon, and the 4-block pedestrian-only retail area was packed with people. There was a special street performer festival going on, but ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/08/11/burlington/ Bus from Framingham to a T stop in Newton- August 1, 2008 I&8217;ve long thought that an express bus from Shoppers World in Framingham to downtown Boston would be a great thing &8212; similar to the Logan Express but heading downtown. Alas, it doesn&8217;t look like that&8217;s in the cards, but there is talk now of a bus that would link Framingham to the Woodland T station ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/08/01/framingham-newton-bus/ Google Maps walking directions: Good idea that could stand improvement- August 1, 2008 Google Maps now offers the option of getting walking as well as driving directions, one of my Computerworld colleagues notes in his blog. It&8217;s a great idea in theory, but the algorithm is a bit lame at times. I&8217;m guessing that Google is considering things like shortest distance and ability to go the &8220;wrong way&8221; on ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/07/31/google-maps-walking-directions-good-idea-that-cou... |