Okay, I know it’s been a while. Maybe I should call these “January Green Links.” Anyway, here’s the best stuff I’ve seen this month. A warning: many of them have to do with transportation planning.

• Governor Patrick’s New Transportation Plan Positive Move For Cycling In Massachusetts – Boston Biker. A large chunk of plan funds is  going to public transit and biking/pedestrian infrastructure.
• “The way forward” to transportation reform in MA – Planning 101. Check out this dollar-by-dollar breakdown of the plan.
• Somerville planners outline walkable city vision – Wicked Local Somerville. Somerville imagines how the new Green Line stops will alter neighborhoods.
• New maps show travel times on the T – Planning 101. Hmm… Does it really take less time to get to Lechmere from Park Street than to Harvard?
• The Best Open Data Releases of 2012 – Atlantic Cities. Hubway’s data visualization challenge makes the Atlantic’s list of best open data releases.
• The Best Bike-Sharing Program in the United States – Slate. Nope, not Boston’s. Washington’s.
• The Roads Not Taken – Architecture Boston. An entire issue devoted to the inner-belt highway that Boston rejected in 1972!
• The 32 most alarming charts from the government’s climate change report – Grist. Best- and worst-case scenarios. Read this if you want to be really depressed.
• Worms Produce Another Kind of Gold for Growers – New York Times. The microorganisms in vermicompost make it better than synthetic fertilizers.
• About That Overpopulation Problem – Slate. Has world population growth actually slowed in recent years?

That’s all until next month. 🙂 But if you come across anything interesting, send it my way.