by Shane Hampton | Nov 13, 2013 | Blog, Featured Posts
IQC Associate Director Hope Mander was digging through some old photos of Norman when she came across this view of University Boulevard circa 1895. The boulevard continues to be a main thoroughfare between the original Norman townsite on Main Street and the University...
by Shane Hampton | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog, Featured Posts
Around the United States, you can’t find many more car-dependent cities than Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Our posts on how regional and American cities compare on commuting by biking, walking, and transit got a lot of attention. Even though it was just a simple...
by Shane Hampton | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog, Featured Posts
Carlton Landing became Oklahoma’s newest town last week when Pittsburgh County granted its incorporation. Designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company- well known for creating Seaside in Florida and Kentlands in Maryland- it is the first New Urbanist...
by Shane Hampton | Oct 23, 2013 | Blog, Featured Posts
Since there was interest in our post on mode share in the region, we decided to do a similar graphic for other large cities around the US. For more excellent information on this data see Bike Pittsburgh and the League of American Bicyclists. To keep track of the IQC...
by Shane Hampton | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog, Featured Posts
Recent Census data shows that Oklahoma City and Tulsa are at the bottom of American cities when it comes to biking, walking, or taking transit to work. Here’s an overview of the new data, which is available from the United States Census Bureau’s American...
by Shane Hampton | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog, Community Events, Events, Featured Posts
PARK(ing) Day was a big success in Oklahoma City thanks to Better Block OKC, Downtown OKC, Inc., and volunteers from several city neighborhoods and districts. At any given time, there are more than 500 million empty parking spaces in the United States. On PARK(ing)...
