The World Carfree Network's Towards Carfree Cities conference is underway in Portland, Oregon this week. Now in its eight year, it's the first time the event has come to North America. Streetsblog EIC Aaron Naparstek made the trip, along with others from The Open Planning Project Livable Streets crew.
TOPP's Nick Grossman is live-blogging the conference, and if we can get Aaron off his rental bike we'll have coverage on Streetsblog as well.
Photo: Nick Grossman
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A protected bike lane that was installed last year to calm a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn corridor will be removed by the Adams administration, making the roadway less safe.
Speed limits are fine, but what will really help crash victims is insurance.
Here's a nice synopsis by Emily Lipstein of how we got from a proposed "Department of Sustainable Delivery" to a criminal crackdown on bike riders.
The Parks and Transportation departments plan to toss Hudson River greenway cyclists into the mix with highway-bound cars on the 79th Street Rotunda despite the pleas of the local community board.
So let us get this straight: The Adams administration is at once cracking down e-bikes, but also giving workers safe e-bikes at the same time? Plus other news.
The late Ivan Illich would have sought to limit them — among other things, says our columnist.
