A stackable solar home wins the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe. [Earthtechling.com]
A squabble between BART and the Port of Oakland blocks Clipper card for AirBART. [San Francisco Chronicle]
An increasing number of folks are making the business case for walkable retail. [Retail Law Advisor]
Photo: One of the stations from the bike sharing program in Washington, D.C., by Anna LaRue
Thousands Play in Oakland’s Streets at the First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’ fromStreetfilms on Vimeo.
On October 2, Oakland will hold an event called Oaklavia, closing a few miles of roads to cars to let people experience car-free city streets. Today’s video is the community reaction to the first time Walk Oakland Bike Oakland organized Oaklavia, last year.
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You can learn more about Oaklavia at its website, oaklavia.org, or at walkoaklandbikeoakland.org.
See you there?
This Friday’s links highlight a few examples of city rankings…
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released a list of 22 American cities named “2010 Smarter Cities” for their investment in green power, energy efficiency measures and conservation – Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz are the Northern California cities that made the list and have profiles on the NRDC website.
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Walk Score has ranked 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40 U.S. cities to help you find walkable neighborhoods – San Francisco is ranked #1!
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The 2006 American Community Survey measured the percentage of commuters who take public transit, as opposed to walking, driving, riding a bicycle, or other ways of getting to work. In the top 50 are the Bay Area cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and Concord.
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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