Category: Progress
13
May
Centerline Yield Signs
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What does it mean to yield? Hint: many of us have been doing it during lockdown.
18
Apr
Seven Steps Forward
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It took some figuring which buttons to push, but the City of Hartford has now changed its tune regarding the automation of the pedestrian light...
20
Jan
Access Commentary Construction Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Local News Meet Your Infrastructure Municipal Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation
What’s This?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before I explain what this sexy beast and constant sentry of a traffic control device is all about, I’ve got to holler about something for...
30
Oct
Out of Control?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s a remarkably beautiful autumn afternoon, so instead of collapsing from exhaustion after work, I go with a friend for a walk. We stroll by...
29
Sep
Access Activism Construction Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Progress Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak Transportation
Tactical Urbanism, Take Two
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’ve ever crossed the intersection of Main Street and Charter Oak Avenue/Buckingham Street on foot, you don’t need to be told that it is...
14
Aug
Look: Transit-Oriented Development
by Kerri Ana Provost
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So many places in Hartford are in stasis while the State decides what to do with I-84, but Hawthorn Street is evolving. Two new town...
11
Mar
One City, One Plan — Ten Years In
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After seemingly endless public meetings about it, the City of Hartford, in 2010, adopted One CIty, One Plan: POCD 2020, or Hartford’s Plan of Conservation...
14
Jan
The Hartford Line: Half a Year Later
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last June I tried the expanded rail service by taking the train to Springfield and New Haven, while observing how both — plus Hartford —...
21
Jul
Access Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Education Hartford Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Airbnb, Electric Scooters, and the Decline of Civilization // Part 3 of 3
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Part 3 of 3 The Dream Imagine the Hartford that you would like to see. Residents in all neighborhoods adopt a YIMBY attitude, distinguishing between...
19
Jul
Access Commentary Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Parks Progress Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Lime Bikes: Fact and Fiction
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Lime‘s bike share program has been operating for a few weeks now in Hartford, yet misinformation remains abundant. Here are some of the sentiments we’re...