Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Toronto Cops Pull Over a Pedal-Powered ’86 Buick

By Jason Varone | Dec 4, 2007 | 10 Comments

Artist Michel de Broin removed the engine, suspension, transmission and electrical system from his 1986 Buick Regal. He then equipped it with 4 independent pedal and gear mechanisms transforming his old Buick into the "Self Propulsion Car." De Broin’s piece was shown here in New York City back in 2005 at an Exit Art exhibition […]

Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 3, 2007 | 37 Comments

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with comrades Karla Quintero of Transportation Alternatives and Streetsblog editor Aaron Naparstek to Bogotá, Colombia to document some of the amazing advances going on in the livable streets movement there. We spent an entire Sunday, from 5am ’til nearly 5pm, riding bicycles around during Ciclovía, […]

Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award

By Jason Varone | Nov 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has chosen Paris for its 2008 Sustainable Transportation Award. In a letter from the ITDP Board of Directors to Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, the Institute praises the French capitol’s recent transportation policies, most notably the Vélib project: Under your leadership, Paris has implemented a range of innovative mobility […]

The Speed Bump Catapault

By Jason Varone | Nov 28, 2007 | 9 Comments

Infuriated by reckless idiots speeding down your neighborhood street? Tired of waiting for city government to do something about it? Then you will probably enjoy this German guy’s homemade traffic-calming system, inspired, perhaps, by the legendary killer bollards of Manchester, England. Are there any German speakers out there who can translate the text at the […]

Alan Durning’s “Year of Living Carlessly” and “Bicycle Neglect”

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 19, 2007 | 2 Comments

Alan Durning, executive director of the Seattle-based Sightline Institute has been doing some great writing on Livable Streets and sustainable transport issues over the last year. If you haven’t run across his work, he is writing a pair of ongoing series that I think will be of particular interest to Streetsblog readers. On Friday, Durning […]

When in Rome, Share Bikes

By Jason Varone | Nov 12, 2007 | 14 Comments

The competition is heating up between Eurpoean cities seeking to build the best bicycling infrastructure. As we noted this morning, Amsterdam is mimicking Copenhagen‘s "green wave" for cyclists. And now Rome is bringing a Paris-style bike sharing project to the Italian capital by 2008. Modeled after the Parisian Vélib program, users will ride free for […]

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