Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Auto Insurer Creates Traffic Mayhem With Gasoline Give-Away

By Jason Varone | Jun 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Sean Roche of Newton Streets and Sidewalks sends along a good one: Allstate found that that drivers in Flint and Warren, Michigan were some of the "most improved" when it came to reducing the number of car crashes. The insurance company rewarded motorists in those towns with ten free gallons of gas. What was the […]

Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network

By Jason Varone | Jun 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

Fed up with city government, which is two years behind schedule implementing a 1,000 kilometer bicycle network, Toronto’s Other Urban Repair Squad have begun striping their own bike lanes — in hot pink. The Toronto Star reports (via ibiketoronto): The first time the group struck was on May 30. The gang spray-painted an illegal bike […]

StreetFilms: A London Driver Discusses Congestion Pricing

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

In this StreetFilm by Nick Whitaker, level-headed London motorist Barny Crocker talks about how congestion charging has effected London traffic and his own driving habits: "There was massive resistance to the congestion charge when it was first brought in but as soon as it came in I think everyone was quite surprised at how effective […]

File Under: Only in America

By Jason Varone | Jun 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Sean Roche of the Newton Streets and Sidewalks blog sends along this sad, bizarre, disturbing item: A Tennessee dad named Larry Price set up a charity after his son suffered and survived a severe head injury in a bicycling accident. The charity, Cars for Kids, held a legal street drag race in Selmer Tennessee. During […]

Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is “Normal” [in London]

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 18, 2007 | No Comments

Emily Thornberry, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury in London and chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary cycling group, debunks 10 persistent myths about bicycle commuting in this op-ed for London’s Guardian: In London, cycling to work is at last becoming "normal": it is no longer the reserve of Lycra-clad men. As a member […]

Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases

By Jason Varone | Jun 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

Quebec will become the first Canadian province to impose a carbon tax on energy producers. Bloomberg reports: The provincial cabinet approved the tax in Quebec City yesterday, according to a statement on the Natural Resources Ministry Web site. Refiners including Valero Energy Corp.’s Ultramar unit and Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Canadian unit will start paying […]

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