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January 31, 2026 Boffalo / buffalo / new urbanism / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism / walkability

Buffalo’s Metro Rail Steps Forward: The DL&W Extension and the City That’s Ready To Grow With It

A short extension of Buffalo’s NFTA Metro Rail signals an investment in the future of the city’s connectivity

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January 19, 2026 buffalo / Community / Train / transit / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

A Subway in Buffalo?

Buffalo’s light rail/subway punches above its weight

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March 29, 2025 buffalo / bus / new urbanism / transit / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism / walkability

Another Quick Night in Buffalo

Another spontaneous night in Buffalo highlights how easy and important it is to change your scenery

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February 1, 2025 albany / amsterdam / biking / binghamton / buffalo / geneva / new urbanism / New York Cities / rochester / rome / schenectady / syracuse / transit / transportation / troy / Uncategorized / urbanism / utica / utica / walkability

A Decade

Ten Years Of The Urban Phoenix

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July 20, 2022 buffalo / public space / Uncategorized / urbanism

Roosevelt Plaza: A Small Space With Big Impact

A small space in an Upstate New York urban core that makes you want to stop and stay for a while

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September 25, 2021 buffalo / Uncategorized

Urban Unfamiliar: Wednesday Evening In A Different City

An after work trip to a different city can be the perfect micro-getaway

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February 9, 2020 buffalo / rochester / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

If I Lived On A Streetcar Line, I Could Probably Rule The World

Public transit is better for our communities and our environment. But for me and other like me, it’s simply more fun.

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September 19, 2019 buffalo / Uncategorized

Photos On A Monday In Downtown Buffalo

My photography business took me to Buffalo this past Monday, so I thought it might be a nice chance to

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June 11, 2019 buffalo / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

Comments About Buffalo’s Rail Extension Expose Our Fear Of Suburban Transit

Why it’s so hard to get suburban transit projects done

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May 8, 2019 biking / buffalo / Uncategorized / urbanism

From Tonawanda To Buffalo: A Trail That Truly Connects

A beautiful trail connects residential neighborhoods north of Buffalo to downtown

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December 6, 2018 buffalo / New York Cities / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

Buffalo’s Metro Rail: What Transit Should Be

Buffalo’s Metro Rail has a “blue collar” approach to moving people about a city that is just starting to turn the corner

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December 4, 2018 buffalo / New York Cities / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

The Beautiful Bones Of Downtown Buffalo

An iPhone photo “tour” of downtown  Buffalo shows generational architecture and limitless potential

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