We need better alternatives to driving our cars By Steve Hiniker
Don’t neglect sewers By jsonline.com
South 13th Street offers colorful collection of shops and services By Molly Synder
Rebuilding homes and lives By milwaukeecourieronline.com
Milwaukee’s Will Allen is named Grand Prize Winner in “The Green Awards” By fox6now.com
Education is the key to [...]

Spreenkler Talent Labs’ ‘Hackathon’ is race to design best app By Stanley A. Miller II
Water views don’t mesh with reality By Jeff Martinka
James Richardson: Buffalo connections no longer surprise me By James Richardson
Legislature won’t take up Walker’s wind siting bill By Thomas Content
Hofbrauhaus to open at former Pabst [...]

Lawsuit looms over lakefront lot expansion By Sean Ryan
Study: Sprawling cities experience hotter summer temperatures By Samantha Cossick
Wauwatosa Taxpayers, Through TIF, Will Finance Part of UWM’s Engineering/Innovation Campus By James Rowen
Lake Park waterfall to be dedicated Saturday By OnMilwaukee.com
Developer pursuing Park East apartments despite setback By Tom Daykin
LGBT [...]

Apartments planned for Commerce St. riverfront likely getting tax credits By Tom Daykin
Tower Automotive site, Art Museum to be used in “Transformers 3″ scenes By Tom Daykin
Glorioso grocery plans get heat By Milwaukee News Buzz
Erie Street Plaza gets aspens instead of bamboo By Mary Louise Schumacher
New report shows biking [...]

A variety of infrastructure improvements can be utilized to build a quality city, big items such as well designed parks, and little things such as eliminating unnecessary curb cuts can all play a role. Recently, the City of Milwaukee has been moving forward with street improvements such as the “complete street” reconstruction of S. 2nd Street in Walker’s Point which is scheduled for construction this summer, and the conversion of one-way streets to two-way streets such as the E. State Street project currently under construction, but there is more that can be done to enhance streets in Milwaukee to build a better city.

We’ve had a good run here at UrbanMilwaukee.com, but we’re shutting our doors, packing up the U-Haul, and moving to Portland, OR. Well, no. We spent last weekend exploring the great city of Portland, and the thought did cross our minds but we’re not going anywhere. In fact we’ve just moved into UrbanMilwaukee.com’s new office in downtown Milwaukee, and are doubling down on our efforts to Champion Life in the Cream City.

Today, is the start Milwaukee’s second annual Pedestrian Safety Week, during which the City of Milwaukee will be holding crosswalk safety demonstrations all week long, so if you see a chicken trying to cross the road, please yield.

Builders try to break project backlog
Wade, Donovan support Ald. Bohl’s recommendation to use TID funds for road repair : The Bay View Compass
City, county question UWM land sale
Stimulating bike and pedestrian trails – JSOnline
Fuller backs new choice regulation – JSOnline
2010 city budget cuts of 15%-20% projected « Milwaukee Rising
OnMilwaukee.com Politics: Seeking a sense of balance [...]

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Brewer’s Polish Racing Sausage kicked off “Pedestrian Safety Week” today. They carried signs reminding drivers that they need to yield for pedestrians in the crosswalk. In fact Mayor Barrett’s sign read “Why did Mayor Barrett cross the road? To remind drivers of state law. Yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk.”

JS Online: Water hub taps into future
JS Online: High-rise managers buy 100 condos
County supervisor defends Hoan bridge, calls for extending I-794 – Small Business Times
JS Online: South Shore officials criticize Hoan Bridge report
Bay View Neighborhood Association Participates in Pedestrian Safety Week at Bay View Neighborhood Association
36 Hours in Milwaukee – NYTimes.com
JS Online: Walker plan shifts [...]