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Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling

By Aaron Naparstek | May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

This weekend’s full-page Wall Street Journal article on the measures that European cities are taking to make themselves more bike-friendly makes for an interesting comparison to what I’m seeing in my own neighborhood. While Brooklyn’s Ninth Street Block Association "expresses concern" (i.e. yells and screams) that new bike lanes will increase traffic congestion, European cities, […]

Londoners Take to the Streets — on Cycles

By Sarah Goodyear | May 3, 2007 | 4 Comments

Via the blog of Stuart Hughes, a BBC journalist who lost part of his leg in Iraq while on assignment in 2003 and who is an avid cyclist, come a few interesting links regarding cycling in London. First, a BBC story on the skyrocketing popularity of biking both for recreation and commuting in London, a […]

This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 2, 2007 | 31 Comments

Sources say that first-term Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams has delivered a lengthy letter to Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Judith Bergtraum expressing opposition to DOT’s 9th Street traffic safety and bike lane plan. Though the Senator, a former cop, has no urban planning or traffic engineering background, he questions DOT’s assertion that its plan […]

When Streets Are for People

By Brad Aaron | May 2, 2007 | 7 Comments

U.S. urban centers large and small are following Latin American cities in periodically shutting off streets to cars, and they are reaping the benefits. The Christian Science Monitor reports that "at least 20" American cities are intermittently keeping cars out of public parks, with some planning to make the move to a permanent prohibition. Meanwhile, […]

Is Walking PlaNYC’s Missing Mode?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2007 | 3 Comments

"Transportation has always been the key to unlocking New York’s potential." So begins the PlaNYC chapter on transportation, which for 26 pages lays out how the city can better meet the mobility needs of its existing population, plus an expected additional one million new residents, by 2030. While the document offers tantalizing details on […]

Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index)

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

Number of times each of the following words or phrases appears in the PlaNYC chapter on transportation: congestion: 105 bus(es): 157 bike/bikes/biker/bicycle/bicycles/bicycling/cycling: 53 bike lane: 3 pedestrian: 9 sidewalk: 16 crosswalk: 2 safety: 7 pedestrian safety: 1 drive/driver(s)/driving: 58 car(s)/auto(s)/automobile: 27 truck(s)/truckers: 24 enforce/enforcing/enforcement: 15 speeding: 3 struck/injured/killed/fatalities: 0 Photo: faz../Flickr

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