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		<title>Utterly irresponsible technology</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/utterly-irresponsible-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a simple rule when it comes to what&#8217;s OK to do while driving: If you wouldn&#8217;t want your surgeon doing it while operating on your brain, don&#8217;t do it behind the wheel. Period. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m appalled at Pioneer&#8217;s announcement of a dashboard system that keeps drivers connected to social networks and local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=926&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Big box&#8217; retailers don&#8217;t generate as much property tax revenue as you might think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One analysis shows mega-retailers like Wal-Mart generating barely more property tax revenue per acre than your average housing development.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=921&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 reasons why this pedestrian trail really works: Ogunquit&#8217;s Marginal Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Ogunquit, Maine&#8217;s Marginal Way has spectacular views of the ocean along the full 1.25-mile walking path, and that&#8217;s certainly a key reason why so many people use it. Not every community is so fortunate to have such breathtaking scenery for a trail. However, there are many other towns with beautiful coastlines, but without the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=914&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better streetscapes lead to more walking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add Scientific American to the list of those saying we need aesthetically pleasing streetscapes to encourage more walking. Says a recent podcast: &#8220;According to Andrew Furman of Ryerson University in Toronto [http://bit.ly/dr76ot] . . .  in many places in North America it’s just not that nice to walk. But if cities and suburbs put more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=909&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We can keep living standards high while cutting energy use</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/lower-energy-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I know that these days you’re supposed to see the future in China or India, not in the heart of &#8216;old Europe,&#8217; &#8221; writes Paul Krugman in a column called Stranded in Suburbia.  But &#8220;Europeans who have achieved a high standard of living in spite of very high energy prices — gas in Germany costs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=900&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Transit 2.0</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/public-transit-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The LivableStreets Alliance is hosting what looks like an interesting presentation on Tuesday, April 6 from 7 to 9 pm: How technology is improving public transit with data. Find out how the Mass Dept. of Transportation Developers Initiative hosts transportation data that can be used by third-party software developers to build Web sites, mobile apps [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=898&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Residents, officials urge state to improve Rte. 9 pedestrian environment</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/residents-officials-urge-state-to-improve-rte-9-pedestrian-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth plans to do some sidewalk improvements along Route 9 as part of a Stimulus-funded resurfacing project in Natick and Framingham. However, the plans also call for eliminating some existing grassy strips between blacktop sidewalks and the roadway, instead relying on painted lines to mark walkways, Department of Transportation officials said at a public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=890&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aesthetics, sidewalks matter: My testimony to the state Dept. of Transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I delivered this written testimony to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation at a public hearing tonight on a federally funded Route 9 road resurfacing project: Lessen traffic congestion, improve aesthetics, create a more successful retail corridor and make for happier residents. The Route 9 corridor project can achieve all this at once by keeping one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=892&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Framingham Bicycle &amp; Advisory Committee meets Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/framingham-bicycle-advisory-committee-meets-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Framingham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meets tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 8), 7:30 pm in conference room 1 of the Memorial Building (Framingham Town Hall). Agenda 7:30 PM -&#62; Vote on meeting minutes -&#62; Review recent correspondence and media articles -&#62; Public comment 7:50 PM -&#62; Update on recent meetings: Cochituate Rail Trail and MABPAB [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=888&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s our chance to have a say on Rte. 9 walkability</title>
		<link>http://pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/heres-our-chance-to-have-a-say-on-rte-9-walkability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state plans to resurface about 8 miles of Rte. 9 in Framingham and Natick. As part of the project, Mass. Dept. of Transportation will hold a public hearing aimed at &#8220;fully acquainting&#8221; us with the plans, but the public will be able to offer comments as well. Part of the project includes &#8220;sidewalk and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pedestrianfriendly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4294260&amp;post=886&amp;subd=pedestrianfriendly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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