We often complain about the lack of pedestrian safety here in the Bay area. But it doesn’t do much good. After we learned that Tampa Bay ranks second in pedestrian danger, and we noticed that the top four most dangerous places are in Florida, USA Today breaks out a state-by-state graphic with an unsurprising headline: Florida remains the [...]
Mehul Patel is the process manager for the Orange County Water District in California. He says that the “Colorado River receives wastewater discharges at more than 200 locations before the water reaches kitchen taps in southern California.” Tampa already uses reclaimed water for irrigation, and now City Council member Charlie Miranda wants us to drink [...]
Walkable Tampa The Tampa Bay area is not a very safe for pedestrians. According to a recent report, the bay area ranks second in pedestrian danger. Check out the Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design report: The most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, [...]
USF find may help reverse dementia : Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of South Florida say they have the first evidence that long-term exposure to the electromagnetic waves associated with cell phones can fight the memory loss of Alzheimer’s.
Monkeys are running all around us. Don't touch 'em!
According to the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and Transportation for America, the most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, Raleigh, Louisville, Houston, Birmingham and Atlanta. That’s right. The top four places most dangerous to those of us walking around outside are all in Florida – [...]
It ain't exactly as thrilling as a roller coaster ride, but there are lots of people doing great things to help lead us to a more sustainable (and profitable) existence. In our bay area schools, no less.
With Halloween (and Guavaween!) just a little over a month away, stores are stocking up on all those things we love to be frightened by: ghosts, bats, mummies, vampires, zombies, and those scary orange and black wrapped peanut chewy candies. (Seriously, who eats those?) And once again, I have to wonder – why are we [...]
In Tampa, a small group of neighbors have created a single blog to convince the city to react quickly on a specific allegedly problematic property.
