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Summer Streets: Bikes and Pedestrians Get Along Fine Without Cars
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We excerpted this essay from reader Jen Petersen to lead off our first Summer Streets photo gallery yesterday afternoon. Her full account follows. If New York City’s inaugural Summer Streets event on August 9th was any indication, it seems that bikes and pedestrians do just fine without cars. Here’s why, as observed from the seat […]
Help Put an End to Parade Rules and Police Tactics That Target Cyclists
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Last Friday’s assault on a Critical Mass rider — and the attempted cover-up that followed — has heightened public attention on police misconduct against cyclists. If you, or some other cyclist you know, have been the subject of selective enforcement or inappropriate police action, lawyers from the Five Borough Bike Club would like to hear […]
Car Buyers Pick Their Poison: Free Gun or Free Gas
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With Detroit increasingly desperate to unload inventory, one Missouri car dealership seems to have struck gold with a special promotion: Buyers get a $250 coupon towards either a gun or gasoline. The offer comes from Max Motors, a small dealership south of Kansas City that has slapped the image of a grimacing cowboy wielding two […]
Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Congestion Pricing Critics
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From today’s Crain’s Insider: Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is holding a rally this evening for better G train service, is drawing fire from transit advocates because of his opposition to congestion pricing. Streetsblog commenters plan to confront him at the rally. "Simply because one did not support the mayor’s version of congestion pricing does not […]
Students Launch NYU Bike-Share
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The fence at Washington Square Park: a sign of latent demand for bike-share? New York University may be the enemy of many East and West Villagers over its plans to expand, but its students are finding other ways to cut the school’s environmental impacts: A group of undergrads and grads are gearing up for a […]
CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking
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From Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron: At the Queens Community Board 2 general meeting on Thursday, May 1, with no vote by board members, Chair Joe Conley delayed the board’s input on the Department of Transportation’s planned pedestrian and cyclist improvements to Vernon Boulevard, an important link in the proposed Queens East River […]
Pay Back: Richard Brodsky Proposes Road Pricing for Westchester
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Please note: This was an April Fool’s Day post… State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a prominent opponent of congestion pricing, introduced his own plan for road pricing and smart growth zoning regulations in Westchester following New York City Council’s 30 to 20 vote in favor of Mayor Bloomberg’s traffic mitigation initiative. "New York City? Who needs […]