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Unintended Consequences of Paris’s Traffic-Reduction Policies

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 12, 2007 | 4 Comments

Red lights mean gridlock on this real-time map of Parisian road traffic. During the launch of Paris’s new streetcar system last month, a Times of London wrote that Parisians are beginning to turn against Mayor Bertrand Delanoe’s aggressive traffic reduction measures: Paris residents, most of whom do not drive much, were until recently happy with […]

Cars Conquering the Bicycle Kingdom

By Jason Varone | Feb 8, 2007 | 3 Comments

The Globe and Mail reports: Last year, China became the world’s second-biggest car market, behind the United States. In Beijing alone, there are 1,000 new cars on the streets every day. As a result, bicycles are increasingly being squeezed to the margins. The streets are choked with traffic and automobile fumes. New roads are sometimes […]

Paris Set for Invasion of Self-Service Bicycles

By Jason Varone | Feb 6, 2007 | 14 Comments

Expatica.com reports: Paris is bracing for a transport revolution later this year with the arrival of more than 20,000 self-service bicycles thanks to a deal between city hall and one of the world’s leading suppliers of urban advertising. A contract signed Monday with JCDecaux gives the French firm access to more than 1,600 hoardings and […]

New York City 2030. London Today.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 29, 2007 | 2 Comments

On Thursday, as New York City’s highest ranking transportation officials argued before City Council that the city’s increasing traffic congestion and automobile dependence is "an indication of the vitality and the growth of the city of New York," London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone was in Davos, Switzerland announcing that he aims "to make London the world’s […]

StreetFilms: Berkeley’s Bike Boulevards

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 24, 2007 | 10 Comments

Berkeley’s Bike BoulevardsRunning time: 8 minutes 12 seconds "Bicycle Boulevards really gives the cyclist the sense of owning the road and being able to take the lane and being able to be in the middle of the street where they can avoid the door zone. Cars are expecting that they’re going to have to wait […]

Don’t Ask Me About My Hummer

By Aaron Donovan | Jan 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

From the political left, concern is growing about global warming. From the political right, concern is growing about the United States funding both sides on the war on terror. Health officials worry about a national epidemic of obesity and high urban asthma rates, urbanists are concerned with degraded, atrophied public spaces. Slowly but perceptibly, people of all political persuasions are waking […]

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