Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Culture

Video Shows Dangers of Upper East Side Bike Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2007 | 50 Comments

The City’s plan to stripe a bike lane across the Upper East Side continues to generate "controversy." I put that word in quotes because, well, check out the video above and see for yourself what all the fuss is all about. The video was filmed on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at about 2:00 pm, theoretically, […]

More on Rep. Patrick McHenry

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

Grist’s Dave Roberts provides some more background on Rep. Patrick McHenry, the North Carolina Republican Congressman who ridiculed bicycling as a "19th century solution" during debate over the "Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007." The House bill, which passed on Aug. 4, included a $20/month tax break for bike commuters: That was […]

Congressman Ridicules Bikes as “19th Century Solution”

By Brad Aaron | Aug 9, 2007 | 80 Comments

Congressman Patrick McHenry standing with an automobile, which, as it happens, was also invented in the 19th century. The US House of Representatives approved an energy conservation bill on Saturday that includes, among other things, a tax break of $20 per month for bike commuters, which would take effect at the beginning of next year. […]

When a Car Does the Killing, It’s Always an “Accident.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 8, 2007 | 11 Comments

Mary-Powel Thomas is President of the Community Education Council for School District 15 in Brooklyn. Back in June Thomas organized a pedestrian safety forum for schools, community groups and others who live and work along Brooklyn’s dangerous Third and Fourth Avenue corridors where numerous pedestrians, kids and elderly people in particular, have been injured and […]

What if Terrorists Killed as Many as Die in U.S. Car Crashes?

By Jason Varone | Aug 7, 2007 | 8 Comments

In an op/ed for the Los Angeles Times, Gregg Easterbrook suggests that if 245,000 Americans had died in terrorist attacks since September 11th, the country would be "utterly gripped by a sense of national emergency." Well, 245,000 Americans have died since 9/11, all of them on our nation’s roadways: While the tragedy of 3,000 lives […]

Tonight: Park(ing) Day Planning Meeting

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 2, 2007 | No Comments

Tonight, you are invited to a planning meeting to prepare for the previously discussed parking spot squat in New York City as a part of Park(ing) Day 2007. If you want to get involved, this is the place to be. Let’s show those San Franciscans who’s boss. When August 2, 2007 6:30 pm Where […]

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