Category: Transportation
26
Oct
Access Beyond Hartford Construction Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Free Get Outside History North Central Connecticut Parks Reader Tip Transportation
Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail: A Park as Long as Its Name
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In Connecticut, we are expert-level at metaphorically hiding our treasure. Sure, we’ll put up highway signs and a bit of fuss over Mystic, Hammonasset, and...
16
Oct
Look: Subject to Flooding
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You don’t get to complain that your oversized parking lot floods when you build it literally inches away from a river.
12
Oct
Possibility
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Every year I set my alarm so that I can enjoy a few hours of magic: our streets prioritized for use by people.
10
Oct
Look: Sidewalks, Not Sideparks
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Cars should never be parked on the sidewalk — thanks for posting this reminder!
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...
24
Sep
Look: Crosswalk Guidance
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I don’t know anything about the origins of this sticker, but I like it, especially as a sound response to the many things that strangers...
23
Sep
Car-Free in a Mid-Sized City
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This summer marks my two year anniversary of being car-free. I have heard people say that a car is needed in Connecticut, but I knew...
18
Sep
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East of the River, to Wethersfield
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Don’t believe everything that you read.