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 [...]
Photos from the Fort Worth South Banquet
Last night, at the beautiful Masonic Temple, Fort Worth South, Inc. held its latest annual banquet celebrating the ongoing continued success of the Near Southside’s revitalization. Fort Worth South president Paul Paine gave a stirring presentation on the accomplishments in the Near Southside thus far, and several upcoming projects and developments.
In the photos above, you [...]
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, [...]
Urban Green Build film postponed due to weather
Note: tonight’s scheduled showing of “Blueprint America: The Road to the Future” has been postponed due to Fort Worth’s wintery weather. It will now be happening next Thursday, the 18th, at 7:00 PM.
Read more »Reminder: Free Movie at Urban Green Build Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder – our friends at Urban Green Build (2nd floor across from The Salon Upstairs at College & Magnolia in the Near Southside) are having another free urbanism/sustainability movie showing tomorrow night at 7:00 PM. Fort Worthology is providing the movie: the PBS special “Blueprint America: The Road to the Future,” examining [...]
Read more »National News: High-Speed Rail Money Awarded
The federal government has started to back up its vision of a national high-speed rail initiative with the awarding of around $8 billion in grants to states for their high-speed rail projects.
The Transport Politic has more. The big winners? California, Florida, and Illinois.
As has been expected, California, Florida, and Illinois are the big winners, with [...]
Visuals of New South Main and Poly/TWU Streetscapes
Following up on yesterday’s post about the grants awarded to the South Main and Poly/TWU streetscape projects, we now have some before & after images to share, thanks to our friends at local planning & development firm TownSite.
Each pair of images shows a streetscape before & after the project. For South Main, we’re looking towards Downtown, [...]
South Main, Poly/TWU Slated for Streetscape Improvements
We have just heard some fantastic news for fans of more pedestrian-friendly, calm and attractive urban streetscapes: the North Central Texas Council of Governments has slated funding for two notable streetscape improvement projects in urban Fort Worth.
First, the South Main urban village, located in the Near Southside just outside Downtown, looks to be getting $3,000,000 [...]
LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill
Following yesterday’s news of new FTA New Starts livability-favoring standards for funding new transit projects, standards which will help projects like Fort Worth’s modern streetcar, Obama administration Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood also called for more funds for the TIGER program. Streetsblog has a good summary:
But another promising development fell through the cracks, getting a mention [...]
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