While We’re At It, Let’s Reinvent the Wheel
Watch this vid touting a contraption called the "SpeedFit," then get your punchlines ready. We like this one from the YouTube peanut gallery:
November 25, 2008
Two Oil Guzzling Albatrosses for the Price of One?
Detroit's customer incentives have had an air of desperation for a while. With Big Three bankruptcy looking more likely every day, some dealers -- like this one in Pembroke Pines, Florida -- are venturing into liquidation sale territory (and then some).
November 24, 2008
Study Finds Cyclists Need Safer Streets
(Editor's Note: A lot of what's in this post, available at Streetsblog, but its findings certainly apply to Los Angeles as well.-DN)
November 19, 2008
Rave Review for Cleveland’s BRT Debut
Cleveland's first venture into Bus Rapid Transit -- a 10-mile route called the Health Line -- was turning heads
before it fully launched, attracting planners from other cities looking
to boost transit ridership. Now that the ribbons have been cut, the
Plain Dealer's Steven Litt hails the finished product:
November 13, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Bike Bus
Today's Streetswiki entry comes from Josh, a Livable Streets member based in San Francisco, who writes:
November 12, 2008
Shocker: Speed Limits Are Useless Without Enforcement
New research from Purdue University highlights the futility of controlling drivers' speed with signs. The Times' health blog has the story:
November 12, 2008
Cartoon Tuesday: Plug-in
Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has hit on a way to keep GM afloat. Click through to see how.
November 11, 2008
Bike Miami: Car Free Under Palm Trees
Yesterday Miami became the latest American city to pull off a big car-free event, when an estimated 2,000 people (including mayor Manny Diaz) took to the streets for Bike Miami. Mike Lydon at Transit Miami reports:
November 11, 2008
Ped-Bike Mockery Flops for 7-Term House Incumbent
The National Republican Congressional Committee ran this ad against Democratic challenger Kathy Dahlkemper in the race for Pennsylvania's third congressional district. It hits a few Gingrichian notes on how to address the country's energy problems before the announcer tells us incredulously:
November 5, 2008
Did Last Night End Urban v. Rural Campaigns?
Writing for Citiwire,
Brookings fellow Robert Lang asks whether the 2008 presidential contest
might be the last one to openly pit rural and exurban voters against
cities, which are increasingly aligned politically with inner suburbs.
Lang says it depends on whether Republicans will again feel confident
running the type of campaign that mocks community organizers and
sanctifies "small town values," a strategy he views as a dead-end:
November 5, 2008