“Streets for People” Column in KONK Life
The following stories, written by Chris Hamilton, appear in the Key West newspaper KONK Life under the “Streets for People” column heading. They can all be found at KONK Life here or click on the links below:
- With the Duval Street Revitalization Plan Way Behind Schedule, Here’s 3 Quick Wins for Pedestrianizing Duval Street Now; July 16, 2021 (non paywall here)
- Limiting Large Cruise Ships Gives Us an Opportunity to Make Duval Street and Historic Downtown More Local Focused, Again; July 9, 2021 (non paywall here)
- Mayor Bravely Puts Onus on Commission to Do Heavy Lifting on Better Bike, Walk and Transit. Will They Come Through?; July 2, 2021 (non paywall here)
- Monorail, Monorail, Monorail or Just Say No to Privatizing Key West Parking; June 25, 2021 (non paywall here)
- New City Manager Will Be Good for Bike, Walk, Transit and For Key West; June 18, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- PeopleForBikes Ranks Key West 39th Best City for Bicycling; June 11, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- First and Bertha Streets Corridor Road Improvements Are Another Missed Opportunity to Make Bicycling Safer and Easier; June 4, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- Want Sidewalk Cafe’s and Other Amenities? We Need to Take Some Space from Cars; May 28, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- In Quest to Improve Crosstown Greenway, City Prepares to Construct New Bike Trail Segment; May 21, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- How Better Transit and Bicycle Facilities Can Help Address Affordable Housing; May 14, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- City Commission Tries to Have Its Cake and Eat It Too On S. Roosevelt Blvd. – Perhaps Dooming a Safer Project; May 7, 2021 (non-paywall here)
- What’s Old is New Again – Two New Bike Trails Take Us Back Us Back in Time to a Simpler Key West; April 30, 2020 (non-paywall here)
- Do Key West Commercial Areas Need Business Improvement Districts (BIDS)? – Part 2: What BIDS in Key West Might Look Like; April 23, 2021 (non-paywall reprint here)
- Do Key West Commercial Areas Need Business Improvement Districts (BIDS)? – Part 1: What’s a BID?; April 16, 2021 (non-paywall reprint here)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – A Dozen Marketing Things KW Transit Can Do To Increase Ridership; April 9, 2021 (non-paywall reprint here)
- The Sorry State of Key West Bus Stops – We Just Don’t Care; April 2, 2021 (non-paywall reprint here)
- It’s Time to Reconsider a Road Diet on S. Roosevelt and Make the Promenade and Road Safer; March 26, 2021 (non paywall reprint here)
- Getting the Parking Right Leads to Streets for People – Part 2: Battling Our Inner George Costanza – Ten Things We Can Do in Downtown Key West to Get the Parking Right; March 19, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- Getting the Parking Right Leads to Streets for People – Part 1: Nobody Goes there Anymore. It’s Too Crowded – Six Reasons for Right Pricing Parking; March 12, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- Eight Things We Can Do to Pedestrianize Duval and Still Allow Cars, March 5, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- How We Get Wider Sidewalks Downtown Without Ripping Up the Streets – Parklets; February 26, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- The Wee Donkey, Whataboutism, Bathwater and Duval Street’s Future; February 19, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- Averting E-Bike Mayhem and Making Key West Sidewalks Safer; February 12, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- Sustainability Board Wants to Make Free, Frequent and Simple Key West Transit a Reality, February 5, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)
- Volunteers and a Little Green Paint Show How We Can Make it Safer to Bike; January 29, 2021; (non paywall reprint here)