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Vancouver, Canada: A City on Bikes with Lessons for Los Angeles
(In advance of tomorrow night's presentation with Modacity about the bicycling culture of Vancouver and what L.A. can learn; we asked Streetsblog contributor Roger Rudick to write about his recent trip to Vancouver. For more information about tomorrow's event, click here.- DN)
October 7, 2015
Lessons from NYC: Greenway Success Through Interdepartmental Collaboration
(In advance of my mid-February return to Los Angeles, I'll be writing up a few L.A.-applicable lessons that I've learned back east. - Joe)
January 28, 2014
Congestion Charging on the Horizon for China’s Cities
Which Chinese city will be the first to try congestion pricing? Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai — megacities whose populations are on the scale of New York’s? Or second-tier but still mighty cities (think Chicago) like Hangzhou, Nanjing, or Xi’an?
December 19, 2013
More From The Netherlands: Bike From Assen to Groningen
If you haven't seen the latest Streetfilm, Groningen: The World's Cycling City, you should check it out. Like, now! It has broken every single Streetfilms viewing record -- nearly 40,000 plays in just the first week.
October 22, 2013
Op/Ed: Lessons from Minneapolis for Bike Planning in Los Angeles
Biking in Minneapolis is a rejuvenating experience because it allows me to think. By integrating the natural environment into the biking experience, the city sets a high standard for developing urban bike infrastructure that allows for stress-free travel around town. Like Los Angeles, Minneapolis has horrible commercial streets for biking. But most of the city’s tree-lined residential streets have little traffic and few parked cars making them calm and a safe alternative.
July 31, 2013
How NOT to Fix Your Economy: Prevent People From Getting to Jobs
Let's say you're a Rust Belt city trying to dust off your stale image and compete in the 21st century. You would think the last thing you would want to do is prevent able-bodied people in your region from working, especially those who are most economically vulnerable.
September 26, 2012
Colorado Authorities Cite Driver for Cyclist Harassment
Despite the number of two-wheeled cop patrols around some cities, police aren't always the most bike-minded bunch. When there’s a conflict between motorists and cyclists, they're often inclined to take the motorist’s side. As Streetsblog has reported, police in New York City care more about drunk pedestrians than unsafe drivers, despite the fact that most fatalities are caused by motorists violating traffic laws. And then there's the bizarre example of Los Altos, California, where police say cyclists are the ones causing crashes by speeding or even failing to yield automobile right-of-way. Huh?
September 25, 2012
Will Rahm Emanuel Show America What BRT Can Do?
With impressive urgency, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has spent his first months in office retooling and reconfiguring how the “City That Works” works. Emanuel’s energy is evident in changes from beat-cop deployment to the push for a longer school day, but perhaps the mayor’s most tangible efforts can be seen in his ambitious transportation agenda.
December 19, 2011
The Stranger: If Safer Streets Mean War, We’re Ready for Combat
Under the headline, "Okay, Fine, It's War,” Seattle’s The Stranger blog this week published a manifesto “of and by the nondrivers themselves.” They’re sick of being called “militants” for caring about pedestrian safety, and they’re tired of the specter of a “war on cars.”
September 16, 2011
From Minneapolis: Ten Street Design Solutions to Transform Your City
Only 11 cities in the U.S. have earned the title of Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists. In May, Minneapolis joined the select ranks and, last week, the city got a chance to show off its bike progress to a national audience of active transportation advocates and officials.
August 23, 2011