Mayor Moncrief’s State of the City Address: Car-Centric Planning a Mistake
Edit: Added the full transcript of the Mayor’s discussion related to this topic.
Mayor Moncrief has given his State of the City address, and one of the items he discussed was the city’s transportation and planning. The mayor stated in no uncertain terms that Fort Worth is facing severe transportation challenges, that they stem from too [...]
Free Movie Tonight at Urban Green Build – “Blueprint America: Road to the Future”
Urban Green Build’s free urbanism & sustainability movie series returns tonight after a snow delay last week. Up for viewing is PBS’s Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country’s aging and changing infrastructure, goes to three very different American cities [...]
Free Movie at Urban Green Build this Thursday
After a delay due to snow, Urban Green Build’s free urbanism & sustainability movie series is back on, at 7:00 PM this Thursday. Up for viewing is PBS’s Blueprint America: Road to the Future.
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country’s aging and changing infrastructure, [...]
Thermostat Wars
The great Steve Mouzon, Florida-based New Urban designer, has a great post on his sustainability blog The Original Green about what he calls the “Thermostat Wars” and the ever-shrinking American comfort zone:
Ask any mechanical engineer to describe the impact of a 30 degree comfort range versus a 2 degree comfort range. She will tell you [...]
Urban Green Build Presents Green Cinema Series
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Our friends at Urban Green Build are sponsoring a “Green Cinema” series starting in October. The series will be held on the roof of their office at College & Magnolia in the Near Southside, starting at 7:00 PM each time. Snacks will be provided, and you can BYOB. The list [...]
Fort Worthology goes to Portland, Part Two: Bicycling
In today’s Portland post, we’re going to talk about bicycling in the Rose City, including our meet-up with fellow urbanism blogger Elly Blue of BikePortland.org.
(Note: this post contains video from our friends at StreetFilms, a fellow member of the StreetsBlog Network that Fort Worthology is part of. Clarence and the gang at StreetFilms do [...]
Prairie Fest this Saturday
The 4th Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 AM – 8 PM
An outdoor festival to celebrate our connection to the natural world through Music, Art, Dance, Environmental Stewardship & Wildflower Tours.
Free and Open to the Public!
Park & Prairie Preservation: Tandy Hills Natural Area
Best place in D/FW to see wildflowers!
What you’ll find at [...]
Fort Worth presents radically improved bicycle plan, aims to triple bicycle travel by 2015
Last night at the Central Library in Downtown Fort Worth, the city showcased a draft of a radically altered and improved bicycle transportation plan called “Bike Fort Worth.” Aiming to replace the rather lacking 1999 bike route plan with a more robust and elaborate system, the city has been working for a year and [...]
Read more »Mayoral Candidate Picht on Rail
Over at West & Clear, our buddy Steve interviews former City Council rep and current mayoral candidate Clyde Picht. Amongst other questions, Steve asks Picht about rail. His answer is less than promising:
W&C: What is your position on the development of commuter and light rail in Fort Worth?
CP:We don’t have the mass to [...]
International Energy Agency Releases Forecast
The International Energy Agency has released the summary of their world energy report due next week. In it, the agency forecasts oil prices rising over $100 a barrel in the not too distant future and remaining there through 2015, with prices hitting $200 per barrel by 2030. The report also reinforces the leaked [...]
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