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London Releases Its Fifth Annual Congestion Pricing Study

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

Transport for London is out today with its fifth annual Congestion Charging Impacts Monitoring Report. If you’ve never seen any of the previous reports, it’s worth a look. The 279-page document — you can download the whole thing here — provides a remarkably detailed assessment of the overall performance of London’s surface transportation system […]

“Green” Transport Consultant Bans Employees from Biking

By Jason Varone | Jul 11, 2007 | 6 Comments

Jacobs Babtie, one of the UK’s leading consultants in sustainable transport, is banning its own employees from commuting on bicycles or motorbikes after declaring them too dangerous. On the company website, where there is actually a picure of a young boy signaling a right turn on his bicycle, Jacobs boasts that it has an "impressive […]

Push to Declutter England’s Streets

By Jason Varone | Jul 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

The British government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space just launched a campaign to "declutter" England’s streets of thousands of signs and barriers, arguing that the rampant signage may actually result in more perilous streets for pedestrians. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) urged local councils and planners to adopt […]

17 Reasons to Make Transit Free

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Tyee, an independent online pub in British Columbia, weighs in with the first in a series of editorials making the case for free transit in the province. Citing the wishes of big city mayors (Michael Bloomberg and San Francisco’s Gavin Newsom) to eliminate the fare box, and listing a slew of cities that to […]

A Rising Bicycle Tide in Mexico City

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 4 Comments

Back in April, Marcelo Ebrad, the mayor of Mexico City, announced he wanted those who worked in his administration to ride bicycles to work one day a month (at right, Ebrard, center, kicks off the program). Many were shocked at the idea, or simply laughed it off. But this excellent article in the San Diego […]

Good Stuff in This Week’s Mobilizing the Region

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 3, 2007 | 7 Comments

Finally, we get to see just how much former executive director Jon Orcutt was tamping down the high-powered talent at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. The latest issue of Mobilizing the Region is jam-packed with good articles. Here are some highlights (and, yes, I’m kidding about Orcutt but serious about this week’s MTR being really good): […]

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