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01.07.10

Study links walkability and access to healthy food in Savannah Economics, Food, Government, Health, Land Use, Neighborhoods, Transportation | (0)
Mary Landers' story, Savannah examines making healthy food an easier choice, in the Jan. 6 Savannah Morning News describes a study commissioned by the Healthy Savannah Initiative, which documents the problem of food deserts in Savannah. Landers describes the study's methodology, which uses a variety of data sources "to come up with a block-by-block analysis of how convenient it is to choose fresh and healthy over fatty and fast. The group calculated a 'food balance' score for each city block by dividing the distance from it to any mainstream food provider (such as Kroger) by the distance to any fringe food ...
12.02.09

Project DeRenne “preferred concept” to be unveiled Dec. 3 Advocacy, Economics, Government, Health, Land Use, Neighborhoods, Planning, Public Space, Transportation | (0)
On Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. the "preferred concept," produced by the recent Project DeRenne charettes, will be unveiled in a former auto parts store at 131 W. DeRenne Ave. I'm interested to see what the folks from Kimley-Horne, working with city officials and citizens of all walks of life, have created. In a recent column in the Savannah Morning News, Project DeRenne coordinator Susan Broker explained how fortunate we are that previous ideas for the corridor never became realities: "Imagine if we had built the first concept proposed to solve DeRenne's traffic problems. The mid-city gateway into Savannah would ...
07.13.09

As jaywalking saga continues, public safety and public health questions remain unanswered Government, Health, Public Space, Transportation | (1)
Readers of Bill Dawers' City Talk column in yesterday's Savannah Morning News might presume that he wrote about two completely different issues under two separate headings. I'd argue the topics are more closely related than is immediately apparent. First, Dawers' accurately describes the recently reduced jaywalking fines for what they are: a distraction from the main issue. Yes, the original fines were exorbitant, but the idea that the crackdown is an effective public safety measure remains unchallenged by almost everyone in the local media (except Dawers) and even by citizens who organized a Facebook group and a petition drive. Will an enforcement ...
04.02.09

Sheriff defends the right to speed Economics, Health, Transportation | (4)
An editorial by J. Tyson Stephens, sheriff of Emanuel County, in today's Savannah Morning News takes aim at the recently passed "Super Speeders" law, calling it "nothing more than another tax (some legislators call it a fee) on our citizens and it mainly effects the working poor and lower middle class in this state." The law levies $200 fines on motorists caught going 75 mph on two-lane roads. Motorists flying down four lane roads would need to reach 85 mph before the increased fines kick in. The revenue generated by fines would help fund Georgia's trauma centers, often the destination for ...
03.04.09

Find a better way to work this Friday Education, Health, Neighborhoods, Public Space, Transportation | (0)
Bicycle commuting is unique in that it's a daily routine that never truly becomes, well, routine. Driving to work blends into the daily grind. Cycling to work, on the other hand, is a new experience every day. On a bicycle, the commuter is part of the city, not just the occupant of a steel and glass capsule hurtling through it. Cyclists can discern subtle changes in weather and subtle changes in neighborhoods that are undetectable to motorists. While it's easy to zone out behind the wheel, cyclists rarely arrive at a destination with no memory of the trip. Getting to work ...

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