Happy Holiday
Sunday Afternoon Traffic: Copenhagen, Denmark. Sunday, October 1, 2006
November 22, 2006
A CRISPier Way to Build NYC’s 200+ Miles of New Bike Lanes?
See the world's first music video about shared-lane bike markings by Streetfilms Clarence Eckerson.
November 21, 2006
Speed Hump
Cutting-edge European traffic calming techniques seem to be having a bit of an American zeitgeist moment. Two pieces of evidence:
November 21, 2006
Today’s Headlines
The Taxpayers’ Chauffeurs: Let Public Officials Ride the Subway (NYT) Greenway for the South Bronx (Gothamist) Related: The Bronx is Burning Bicycling (Streetsblog) Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs (Spiegel) Climate Denial Senator Inhofe Booted Off Enviro Committee (Grist) First Principle: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies (Oil Drum) A Glitzy (But Temporary) Answer to … Continued
November 21, 2006
Speak Up to Keep the Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza
Before being transformed into a public plaza, Willoughby Street was filled with illegally parked cars.
November 20, 2006
The Debate Over Physically-Separated Bike Lanes Continues
A physically-separated bike lane on a shopping street in Copenhangen, Denmark
November 20, 2006
The Traffic is the Mitigation
mitigate, verb[Latin stem of mitigare, from mitis, mild, gentle]1. Make milder in manner or attitude, make less hostile, mollify.2. Give relief from pain. Lessen the suffering caused by an evil or difficulty.3. Make less oppressive. Make more humane, more bearable.
November 20, 2006
Congestion Pricing: The Public Conversation Begins
The New York Sun has the first of what will be a littany of congestion pricing stories coming out in the next few months. Finally, with city and state elections out of the way, New York City is about to embark on a substantive discussion of its transportation, traffic congestion and long-term sustainability issues. Some excerpts below:
November 20, 2006
Gov. Spitzer Transition Team Transpo Committee Named
It includes some leading members of the congestion charging brainstrust and some big MTA reformers. Via Chuck Bennett at AMNY:
November 20, 2006
Word on the Street
1. Gridlock Sam Tells the Story of NYC's First Bike Lanes (14 comments)Last summer my family and I rode the Montreal buffered bike lanes. My wife and 2 teenaged daughters declared the buffered lanes to be very comfortable, safe, and a real pleasure to ride in. They never bike here in NYC however because they find the traffic too terrifying.Comment by da - November 13, 2006 @ 11:54 pm
November 17, 2006