Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Streetfilm: Paris Skates!

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2008 | 4 Comments

Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press kicks off a series of videos about livable streets in Paris with this look at the city’s two weekly romps on skates — roller-versions of Critical Mass that attract up to 15,000 participants. Notice that the police are an essential part of the proceedings (and they seem to have fun doing it […]

Paco Abraham Turns Duane Reade on to Bike Racks

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2008 | 16 Comments

Yesterday DOT announced it is seeking submissions for the first ever bike-friendly business awards. This being the week of Earth Day, a few bike-positive firms have come to our attention recently — Macy’s, W Hotels, J Crew — but the most substantial business-led effort to improve the city’s cycling environment this year may have come […]

Cyclists Zip Down Clogged LA Freeways

By Damien Newton | Apr 23, 2008 | 14 Comments

Via WestSideBikeSide, last week 10 Los Angeles cyclists (illegally) took to the 405 and the 10 on the premise that riding on those infamously congested freeways at rush hour is no less safe than taking the Pacific Coast Highway. Other LA blogs have picked up the video. Metblog called it "equal parts stupid and awesome," […]

How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2008 | 31 Comments

Biking by the Seine during car-free hours on the Georges Pompidou Expressway. The mayor of a global metropolis, elected to his first term in 2001, set out to reduce driving and promote greener modes of transportation in his city. Congestion pricing turned out to be unfeasible, because influential political forces in the suburbs believed, rightly […]

Automated Underground Bike Parking in Tokyo

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2008 | 20 Comments

From Japan Probe via Gizmodo comes this video of an automated underground bike garage at a Tokyo commuter train station. For a single-use fee of 100 yen (about $1) or 1,800 yen for a monthly pass, customers roll their bikes onto a platform and use a control panel to have them whisked away to a […]

Can There Ever Be Too Many Bikes?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2008 | 23 Comments

Submitted by Eric Britton: Here’s a thought experiment for you. If you and I hate to see lots of parked cars dumped on city streets for which we have other and a lot better uses, should we love it when we see lots of parked bikes? Or might that be a sign of some […]

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