Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery

By Jason Varone | Nov 7, 2006 | 5 Comments

As reported in last week’s New York Times: Eurostar, which runs the high-speed train service linking London to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel, has started running ads in travel trade publications asserting that a journey produces only one-tenth the carbon dioxide emissions of a comparable flight. Some of the ads include a drawing […]

Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2006 | 24 Comments

Cyclists and pedestrians somehow managing to get along with each other in Copenhagen. "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz’s op/ed piece in the Times City section yesterday is generating lots of discussion in the cycling community. Weirdly headlined, "Rolling Thunder," the editorial briefly examines the conflict between cyclists and pedestrians on New York City streets, acknowledges the antipathy that many walkers feel […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: Safe Routes to School

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 3, 2006 | 6 Comments

As someone who lives in Brooklyn and pedals a two-year-old to daycare three days a week, I find the scenes depicted in this video to be completely incredible. There is no question in my mind that the future of New York City has to look something like this. –Editor Portland’s Safe Routes to SchoolA Clarence […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: Older Adults Bicycle Program

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

Portland’s Older Adults Bike ProgramA Clarence Eckerson Street FilmRunning time: 3:37Download: 17.37 MB The Portland Office of Transportation recently launched a new program to re-introduce older adults to bicycling. Many of the participants haven’t ridden bikes in over 50 years.

London Calling. Are New York’s Leaders Really Listening?

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2006 | 6 Comments

London officials closed the northern side of Trafalgar Square to traffic creating a vibrant new public space. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Chuck Schumer argue that New York City risks losing its place of global pre-eminence in a Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday. The editorial is a response to growing conventional wisdom that says London […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: The High-Tech Bike Signal

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 1, 2006 | 8 Comments

Portland’s Innovative Bike SignalA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 1:37Download: 5.91 MB Portland’s Office of Transportation goes the extra mile to accommodate cyclists. Rex Burkholder, a local elected official and the founder of the the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, shows off a high-tech, creatively engineered traffic signal for cyclists. Whenever a cyclist rolls atop a painted icon on […]

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