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A vibrant Orlando community focused on sustainability, creativity, and connection. Home to small businesses, local eats, vintage vibes, and a strong sense of place. Orlando's first aspiring ecodistrict 🌿 | #LoveAPGD
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“To use a technical term, it blew my mind,” said Vancouver’s former chief planner Brent Toderian…”They weren’t lazy about it—they didn’t just throw up barriers and ban cars. It might be the best bargain I’ve ever heard,” Toderian said. #Montreal
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success
Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive rave reviews from users and local businesses.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“To use a technical term, it blew my mind,” said Vancouver’s former chief planner Brent Toderian…”They weren’t lazy about it—they didn’t just throw up barriers and ban cars. It might be the best bargain I’ve ever heard,” Toderian said. #Montreal
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I’m too sexy for my body.
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February 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m too sexy for my body.
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Thanks to all who came out for our Love Local Wine Walk. We gave away 30 packets of Florida wildflower seeds and raised $350 for our Green Up Fund. Those funds will go toward phase 2 of our pollinator garden in Alley no. 3. Thanks to Chef Tonda for letting us use her private event space for check in
February 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thanks to all who came out for our Love Local Wine Walk. We gave away 30 packets of Florida wildflower seeds and raised $350 for our Green Up Fund. Those funds will go toward phase 2 of our pollinator garden in Alley no. 3. Thanks to Chef Tonda for letting us use her private event space for check in
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What if—instead of noise and fumes—we filled our streets with people, trees and the sound of chirping birds?
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What if—instead of noise and fumes—we filled our streets with people, trees and the sound of chirping birds?
Tenderloin Alley in San Francisco. Photo by Dave Shumaker.
January 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tenderloin Alley in San Francisco. Photo by Dave Shumaker.
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In 1996, Utrecht NL transformed a 6-lane car street thru the heart of the city into a car-free street that easily carries 40k people on bikes a day plus a LOT of public transit riders —far more people now than ever moved on it in cars. And with so much less pollution/emissions, noise & public cost.
Evening rush hour in Utrecht.
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
January 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In 1996, Utrecht NL transformed a 6-lane car street thru the heart of the city into a car-free street that easily carries 40k people on bikes a day plus a LOT of public transit riders —far more people now than ever moved on it in cars. And with so much less pollution/emissions, noise & public cost.
Volunteer opportunities in The APGD, including our Public Art Team and The APGD Urban Forestry Dept. 🌿✨
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Volunteer opportunities in The APGD, including our Public Art Team and The APGD Urban Forestry Dept. 🌿✨
Change is possible. It just takes commitment.
What if you could take a polluted corridor and make it an urban forest? Brussels did. (Same spot, 2009 v. 2023)
December 12, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Change is possible. It just takes commitment.
Recalling the time we made a homemade crosswalk from latex paint and roofing paper to make a point, haha. It took ten years, but look at our crosswalk today! #safestreets #crosswalk #APGD🌿✨
December 10, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Recalling the time we made a homemade crosswalk from latex paint and roofing paper to make a point, haha. It took ten years, but look at our crosswalk today! #safestreets #crosswalk #APGD🌿✨
Intrigued by the idea of anti-advertising—imagine a public message crafted simply to spark joy in anyone who sees it, with no product or agenda attached.✨ #Orlando #ecodistrict #publicspace
December 8, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Intrigued by the idea of anti-advertising—imagine a public message crafted simply to spark joy in anyone who sees it, with no product or agenda attached.✨ #Orlando #ecodistrict #publicspace
Love how vibrant and people-centered this place is.
Lamb’s Conduit, a proper curbless street in London: bollards, greenery, car restrictions, slight wiggle. All the good stuff.
December 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Love how vibrant and people-centered this place is.
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Amtrak welcomed 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system, a 15% increase from the previous year. Customers can look forward to rail service improvements in 2025 with billions in investments.
More people are riding Amtrak than ever before, and improvements are on the way | CNN
Amtrak welcomed 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system, a 15% increase from the previous year. Customers can look forward to rail service improvements in 2025 with billions in investment...
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December 4, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Amtrak welcomed 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system, a 15% increase from the previous year. Customers can look forward to rail service improvements in 2025 with billions in investments.
Love this.
Sure, it's easy to want to give in and drive a car for errands in the cold, but what if your biking infrastructure gave you the incentive of enjoyment?
December 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Love this.
Heya! Our first books arrived for our upcoming APGD Little Lending Library. We’re taking a slightly different approach to ours - the books will be focused on things relevant to our community. So, books about Florida birds, sustainable gardening, life in Central Florida, etc. #apgd #ecodistrict
December 4, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Heya! Our first books arrived for our upcoming APGD Little Lending Library. We’re taking a slightly different approach to ours - the books will be focused on things relevant to our community. So, books about Florida birds, sustainable gardening, life in Central Florida, etc. #apgd #ecodistrict
🌤️ Oh hey, Blue Sky. NBD, just the Audubon Park Garden District making our debut in The Good Place. 🍃✨ So yeah, we’re here to keep it local and keep it weird. Stick around if you’re into that kind of thing. Or don’t. But you totally should.
November 25, 2024 at 8:32 PM
🌤️ Oh hey, Blue Sky. NBD, just the Audubon Park Garden District making our debut in The Good Place. 🍃✨ So yeah, we’re here to keep it local and keep it weird. Stick around if you’re into that kind of thing. Or don’t. But you totally should.