http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog Just another weblog Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:22:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ­­According to the 2000 census, approximately 1 in every 5 households in Dayton, Ohio are without a car, yet few grocery stores, the stores we shop at the most, are designed with pedestrians and cyclists in mind, especially those with disabilities. When car-free shoppers ask for improvements, businesses listen. ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/10/16/ask-for-better-car-free-access-to-grocery-stores/ I don't have pics yet, but wanted to share my excitement about the fancy, new, shiny, red bench and trash can at the bus stop on Shroyer south of Stroop. They are on a new sidewalk that extends all the way to the curb near the bus stop. These are ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/10/15/bus-stop-improvements-near-kroger-fresh-fare/ Here are some pictures that I took a while ago and am finally getting around to uploading. Please comment on them and leave your thoughts on how car-free access to this shopping center could and should be improved. Notice the very short and crumbled curb. This could be a candidate ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/10/15/olympia-health-foods-and-vicinity/ ­­ Please comment on car-free access problems you see in the pictures here. I've heard for some time now that the owners of this shopping center plan to remodel their store to take out the walkway inside and remove all of the spaces between it and the exterior of the shopping ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/07/01/pictures-outside-trader-joes/ ­­­­­­I took these several weeks ago and am just now getting them up. I keep forgetting to take the camera with me when I go to other stores to take pictures, but I have resolved to remember next time and should eventually have some of Trader Joe's, the Meijer at ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/05/14/pictures-of-dorothy-lane-market/ Veloroutes.org allows you to create your own bicycle map by clicking points on a map to form your route. You then save your route and Veloroutes gives it its own webpage. Click here for a map of my route to Trader Joe's. I just wish I could edit it after ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/03/25/create-and-share-your-own-biking-map/ ­Click here to learn more about this contest from the Drive Less Live More campaign. From there you can register and record the trips that you do not take alone in your car. There will be prizes for the ­people who have replaced the most trips alone by car with ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/03/13/one-less-trip-contest-begins-may-1/ ­­­­­­Many months ago I submitted a comment to Kroger via their website asking them to make a safer, more accessible path between their store at the corner of Dorothy Lane and Woodman and the Route 12 bus stop to the east. Currently, one must walk either through a drainage field, ... http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/livabledayton/blog/2009/03/12/car-free-grocery-store-access-victory/