Bike Lanes, Intersection Improvements Can Change Urban Barrier into Friendlier Corridor
While heavy traffic is part of living in the big city, communities need not sit idly by as their arterial streets become unnecessarily clogged by outdated technology – or begin to feel like dangerous canyons that pedestrians and bicyclists fear to even attempt crossing. Traffic engineers hold the key to streets where shared use by… Read More »
Tags: bicycle-friendly, Bike Lanes, Bike Routes, Complete Streets, Intersections, pedestrian traffic, Rapid Flashing Beacons, Signalized Intersections, Street Design, Traffic, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Flow, Urban Street
Task Force Positions Geospatial Community for Proposed 2022 Datum Changes
By Dick Kleinmann, PLS The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) soon will be replacing the North American Datum (NAD) of 1983 and the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988 to improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) – the system that defines latitude, longitude, height, and orientation throughout the nation. Read More »
Tags: Datum, Ellipsoid Heights, Geospatial, National Geodetic Survey, National Spatial Reference System, NAVD, NGS, North American Vertical Datum, NSRS, Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors, WSLS
Catalyst Development Starts with Solid Brand
By Matt Ashby, AICP, CUD The term “catalyst” is defined as someone or something that initiates change, and the word has become quite popular in redevelopment circles. But if “catalyst” still smacks of jargon, here’s a translation of what it means in the redevelopment world: A catalyst is a place where a developer sees investment… Read More »
Tags: Brand Identity, Brand Strategy, Branding, Branding Effort, Brownfield, Development, Downtowns, Planner, Planning, Redevelopment