Bike Bans: A Serious Threat to Safe Routes to School
Banned in NJ: Many Jersey towns don’t allow kids to bike to school. Photo: Voorhees Transportation Center Image Library, Leigh Ann Von Hagen. This May, a bill surfaced in the U.S. Senate that would triple federal funding for Safe Routes to School programs. Livable Streets Community activists have been on the case this week, mobilizing … Continued
July 24, 2009
Livable Streets: Urban Histories with Modern Lessons
Downtown San Francisco as seen from Potrero Hill. Photo: Joe Bencharsky This week brought urban history lessons to StreetsWiki from Livable Streets members coast to coast. Joe Bencharsky penned a neighborhood profile of Potrero Hill, San Francisco, where his family has lived for three generations. Says Joe: Partly because of street and freeway configuration, partly … Continued
June 19, 2009
Profile Photo Contest!
Join the Livable Streets Community by May 13 for a chance to win this awesome bike gift basket! That's
right -- it's a bike basket doubling as a gift basket, packed with
goodies including a mini bike pump, fold-up hex wrench set, an "I Love my
Bike" bell, and more.
May 7, 2009