Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Incredible SFPD Training Video: “Bikes Belong in Traffic”

By Jason Varone | Aug 20, 2007 | 10 Comments

This training video was a collaboration between the San Francisco Police Department and the SF Bicycle Coalition. The video is intended to increase police officers’ awareness of cyclists’ rights and responsibilities, and it is really effective. Here in New York, cyclists who complain of motorist intimidation and assault are often brushed off by the police. Perhaps the […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 20, 2007 | 44 Comments

My wife and I were married last month in Brooklyn. For our honeymoon, we wanted to see as many great American cities as we could. In 19 days of travel, we visited Chicago, Seattle, Portland (Ore.), San Francisco, Los Angeles and New Orleans (and also stopped briefly in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Houston, Atlanta, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia). How could two people as obsessed as […]

For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure: Portland!

By Brad Aaron | Aug 17, 2007 | 11 Comments

Portland: Celebrating America’s Most Livable CityA StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.Running time: 30:00 StreetFilms videographer Clarence Eckerson Jr. offers the director’s cut of his trip to Portland. Clarence made the visit to Oregon last fall, enjoying the hospitality of the Portland Office of Transportation. You may have seen previously posted clips from this vid on StreetFilms. Here it is in its 30-minute […]

London Reaps Pricing Benefits

By Sarah Goodyear | Aug 16, 2007 | 4 Comments

From the newsletter of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign comes an inspiring summation of the effects of congestion pricing in London since the program’s inception in 2003, gleaned from Transport for London‘s annual report: Traffic levels in central London were about 20% lower in 2006 than in 2002, the year before pricing began. Bicycle use in […]

In London They Summons Their Own

By Jason Varone | Aug 15, 2007 | 5 Comments

Remember, after the launch of the Uncivil Servants web site last spring, the retired NYPD officer who wrote, "Ungrateful Liberal Scum… we do not summons our own!" We were reminded of that infamous and highly entertaining NYPD rant after Sean Roche of Newton Streets and Sidewalks forwarded along this news story from London where city […]

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 […]

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