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I hope everyone enjoys their Memorial Day Weekend.  I'll be out of town so I hope everyone enjoys the two interviews that will be posting momentarily.  Be well, ride safe, and see you all next week.  In the meantime, NYC Streetsblog will continue to post breaking national news as it happens and S.F. Streetsblog will be sure to cover any breaking news at the state level.

As you may have noticed, we’ve got a new reporter here at Streetsblog, Elana Schor. Elana will be covering this year’s big federal transportation story down in Washington D.C. with an eye towards helping transit advocates and livable streets activists gain a better understanding of what has typically been a very inside-the-Beltway, highway-oriented process. If … Continued

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.

Since I've been writing for Los Angeles Streetsblog, the website has undergone a couple of re-designs.  While I think that currently the site is more navigable than ever before; there was one thing I didn't like about the new site.  Based on the emails I received, a lot of you agreed.

When it comes to promoting environmentally sound transportation, is Streetsblog better than a Prius? If you think so, cast your vote for the Livable Streets Initiative in the Treehugger “Best of Green” contest. There are 17 entries in the “Cars and Transportation” category, ranging from “Best City for Public Transit” (Bogota) to “Best Freight Shipping … Continued

A couple of weeks ago, I opened an account on twitter called "laBikes" to share information on ways to get involved in bike advocacy.  I linked to government documents, meeting announcements, Streetsblog stories and other links from around the Intenet.  I chose to focus on bikes because of the excitement left over from the Bike Summit, but what I didn't remember is that there already was an LA Streetsblog twitter account.  After some nudging from Zach Behrens at LAist, I decided to close laBikes and reinvigorate LA Streetsblog.  And really, isn't Streetsblog about promoting modal equality anyway.

With major transportation, climate, and energy legislation coming before Congress in 2009 and 2010, Streetsblog is seeking a talented journalist to cover Capitol Hill. We're looking for a reporter/blogger who can help bring outside-the-Beltway readers inside the legislative process, scoop the mainstream press, and make Streetsblog Capitol Hill an engaging and entertaining must-read.