Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

StreetFilms Cyclist of the Month

By Jason Varone | Jun 28, 2007 | 4 Comments

Cyclist of the Month: Petra Kirstein A Streetfilm by Sean Clifford Running Time: 3 minutes 50 seconds When asked for advice for New Yorkers who don’t ride, Petra Kirstein says "New York is beautiful, and New York has beautiful weather. Just try it, its wonderful!" The former Transportation Alternatives staffer and life-long bike commuter rides […]

City: Commuter Needs Will Factor into High Bridge Plan

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2007 | 7 Comments

A restored High Bridge will be open to commuting cyclists and pedestrians, but access time could be limited, officials said last week. The occasion was a "listening session" hosted by the Department of Parks & Recreation, when dozens of uptowners filed into the High Bridge Park Recreation Center at 173rd Street and Amsterdam to share […]

Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter

By Jason Varone | Jun 21, 2007 | No Comments

Adrianne Pasquarelli profiles New Yorkers who commute by bicycle for Crain’s New York. You have to subscribe to read the entire article, but here she introduces Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, cyclist: Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave bike commuting a boost with PlaNYC 2030, his administration’s blueprint for sustainability. It calls for 1,380 additional miles of bike […]

Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing…

By Jason Varone | Jun 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

… as NASA Scientist James Hansen and six other scientists publish a new global climate change study that concludes, "The Earth today stands in imminent peril and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change." Steve Connor writes in The Independent (via Gristmill): "Civilisation developed, and […]

How Americans Get to Work

By Jason Varone | Jun 19, 2007 | 5 Comments

According to a new U.S. Census Bureau analysis of data from the American Community Survey, most Americans drive to work — alone, and public transportation commuters are concentrated in a handful of large cities. From the Bureau’s press release: Despite rising fuel costs, commuters continued to drive their cars in 2005. The survey, gathered over […]

Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is “Normal” [in London]

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 18, 2007 | No Comments

Emily Thornberry, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury in London and chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary cycling group, debunks 10 persistent myths about bicycle commuting in this op-ed for London’s Guardian: In London, cycling to work is at last becoming "normal": it is no longer the reserve of Lycra-clad men. As a member […]

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