John Bennett

Strive for sustainability, not ‘balance’

Coastal Georgia Tourism Conference debuts with spirited discussion

• By John Bennett
Too many tourists descending on a destination can degrade and even destroy the cultural, environmental, and historic resources that made it a place people wanted to visit in the first place
• Tags: News Cycle, Tourism, Bike Walk Savannah, Coastal Georgia Tourism Conference, Sustainability

The economic — and political — power of trails

• By John Bennett
Those working on Savannah’s version of the BeltLine, the Tide to Town urban trail system, would seem to be on the right track by using canal banks for portions of the proposed route
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, BeltLine, Civic identity, Tide to Town, Friends of Tide to Town

Widening the transportation focus: Lessons from DC

• By John Bennett
The annual National Bike Summit, organized by the League of American Bicyclists, attracts advocates, traffic engineers, urban planners, and transportation department officials from all over the country
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, National Bike Summit, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Bike Athens, Georgia Bikes

Tide to Town: An urban trail system for all of Savannah

• By John Bennett
This “urban trail system” is envisioned as a protected network of walking and bicycling trails connecting all of Savannah’s neighborhoods, from the heart of the city to marshes and tidal creeks
• Tags: News Cycle, Tide to Town, Bike Walk Savannah

Trash Warriors, to battle!

• By John Bennett
Jenna Bower, a self-proclaimed introvert, and Stacey Fuller, who declares herself an extrovert, combined their superpowers last fall to become superheroes
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Savannah Trash Warriors

Victim-blaming in crash coverage

• By John Bennett
We don’t often find out if the drivers involved were speeding, distracted, or impaired. Instead, the behavior of people who were riding bikes or walking becomes the focus of reporting.
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Georgia Bikes

Bigger vehicles, bigger problems

• By John Bennett
Last Tuesday I heard the Trolley Problem mentioned by two different people in less than an hour
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, The Trolley Problem, Big vehicles, SUVs, Ford

Looking ahead to good news for mobility options in 2019

Despite ongoing, largely unaddressed issues, there are reasons for hope

• By John Bennett

The health benefits of safer streets

• By John Bennett
Along with diabetes and complications, the website allows visitors to peer into Savannah neighborhoods and see rates for stroke, respiratory disease, and poor and low sleep
• Tags: News Cycle, Georgia Healthy Cities, Bike Walk Savannah, Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, Urban Institute

Introducing: Bike Walk Savannah

Name change driven by new focus on 'people-powered mobility'

• By John Bennett
On Nov. 29 the Savannah Bicycle Campaign began operating as Bike Walk Savannah
• Tags: News Cycle, Savannah Bicycle Campaign, Bike Walk Savannah, People-powered mobility, Chatham Area Transit, Healthy Savannah, Complete Streets, Ardsley in Motion

Greenways & Greenbacks: Economy, health are both beneficiaries

• By John Bennett
'What we hear over and over is a community will have its naysayers, sure that the Greenway will bring trouble or isn't worth the cost. Then, once it is built, everyone loves it and businesses will note if they are close to it. The community's investment pays off for decades forward.'

Perspective and privilege

• By John Bennett
Our mistake is presuming that everyone has a choice, but that’s not the end of our failure to comprehend the realities many of our fellow Savannahians face every day.
• Tags: News Cycle, Savannah Bicycle Campaign, Privilege