Wanted: Streets Designed for All
Picking up on a thread from earlier this week on how street design can be used to prevent high-speed crashes in dense urban environments, today on the Network we hear from Streetsblog New York regular “Andy B from Jersey,” via WalkBikeJersey Blog. On a recent drive along the Jersey shore, Andy found Route 35 packed … Continued
August 21, 2009
Streetsblog.net Back-to-School Season Brings Bike-to-School Bans
As schools across the country open their doors for another year,
Robert Ping of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership says
students are increasingly facing "bans" against walking and biking to
campus. Network member BikePortland.org reports:
August 20, 2009
Gauging a Transpo Bill’s Chances in the Senate
It remains to be seen whether lawmakers will move on a new long-term federal transportation bill
this year. If they do, what might the opposition look like, and how
will legislators react? These are the questions posed today by Yonah
Freemark at The Transport Politic.
August 19, 2009
Cyclonomics
Since the impact of bike lanes on businesses has emerged as a peripheral issue in the New York City mayoral race, a post today from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia seems especially timely.
August 18, 2009
The Blame Game
Today on the Network, Ohio member blog Xing Columbus questions a recent article in The Columbus Dispatch that attributes Franklin County pedestrian fatalities to carelessness on the part of the victim. According to a Columbus police officer interviewed in the story, local people killed by cars are usually jaywalking or “just walking in the road” … Continued
August 17, 2009
Update From NC: Shooting a Cyclist in the Head Is Not Attempted Murder
A grand jury in Asheville, North Carolina has reduced the charge against a motorist who allegedly shot a cyclist in the head from attempted first-degree murder to felony assault. Charles Diez According to reports, on July 26, Alan Simons was shot by Charles Diez after a confontation along a busy road. The shooting took place … Continued
August 7, 2009
BYO Bike Lanes Coming Soon
Via Gizmodo: A laser device that allows cyclists to project their own bike lanes has gone from cool idea to prototype. Positive reponse to the concept from Alex Tee and Evan Gant of Altitude Inc. was significant enough to put LightLane into production. See the beta version in action above. Thoughts?
August 6, 2009
We Are the World
Fallout continues in the wake of last Friday’s narrow passage of the Waxman-Markey climate bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, in the House of Representatives. Paul Krugman can’t believe 212 reps voted against it, while Matthew Yglesias points to a conservative faction that has branded eight Republicans who helped pass … Continued
June 30, 2009
In New York, Riders Are Indifferent to State of NYCMTA
It’s the largest transit system in the United States, moving millions of people daily throughout New York City and beyond and serving as the lifeblood of one of the largest economies in the world. Unfortunately, writes Streetsblog Network member Benjamin Kabak on Second Avenue Sagas, those who depend on the MTA — and those whom … Continued
June 26, 2009
Nate Silver: Is American Car Culture on the Skids?
Silver
also points out that between 2004 and 2008, cities that took the
biggest hit in home prices, like Las Vegas and Detroit, were "highly
car-dependent," while Portland, Oregon had the largest gains.
May 7, 2009