Chicago Named Fifth Best Bike City in the Country by Bicycling Magazine
Chicago Named Fifth Best Bike City in the Country by Bicycling MagazineNBC ChicagoBy Lindsay Smith Shortly after taking office, Emanuel announced his pledge to make Chicago "the bike-friendliest city in the country," and proceeded to add two miles of bike lanes within his first 100 days in office. The city expects to add 100 miles ...Chicago the nation's fifth-friendliest to bicyclistsChicago Sun-TimesBicycling Magazine Names America's 50 Best #BikeCities, With Portland, Oregon ...MarketWatch (press release)Bicycle SafetyABC7Chicago.comDallas Morning News (subscription) (blog) -KPTV.comall 54 news articles »
New survey says DC among the best in the country for access to parks
New survey says DC among the best in the country for access to parksWashington PostNinety-six percent of DC residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, according to a national survey of the 40 largest cities in the United States released Wednesday by the Trust for Public Land. Among those cities, the District ranked fifth and ...Report: Boston Has 3rd-Best City Park System In USWBURThe Best City Parks Systems in AmericaThe Atlantic CitiesSan Francisco has best US parks, Fresno worst: studyChicago TribuneKUT News -ABC2 News -Baltimore Sun (blog)all 80 news articles »
L.A. City Council Approves Ban on Plastic Bags and 10-Cent Fee for Paper Bags
L.A. City Council Approves Ban on Plastic Bags and 10-Cent Fee for Paper BagsPatch.comLos Angeles becomes the largest city in the country to approve a ban on plastic bags. By Paul Chavez The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-1 Wednesday to approve the implementation of a program to ban the use of single-use plastic bags and impose a ...An LA bag ban is the big whale for environmental groups, plastics industry89.3 KPCCJay Beeber on L.A.'s Foolish Ban on Plastic BagsReason Online (blog)L.A.'s Plastic and Paper Bag Ban is Built on Past MistakesKCET (blog)all 217 news articles »
Baku, Doha face scrutiny in 2020 bid choice
Baku, Doha face scrutiny in 2020 bid choiceBoston.comQUEBEC CITY—The field of candidates for the 2020 Summer Olympics could be reduced from five to three, with Doha and Baku in danger of missing the cut. Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid look certain to make the list when the International Olympic Committee ...and more »
Kilgore City Council votes to purchase Meadowbrook Country Club for $275000
Kilgore City Council votes to purchase Meadowbrook Country Club for $275000Longview News-JournalCouncil Member (Bobby) Hale made the motion: 1) To approve the contract to purchase Meadowbrook Country Club for $275000 and authorize the City Manager to sign the contract; 2) To approve assumption of the existing lease between Kilgore Meadowbrook ...and more »