Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Alex Marshall

Streetcars in Seattle, Or Why America Should Mind Its Transit Gaps

By Alex Marshall | Jun 9, 2009 | 34 Comments

Photo: Don Maxwell/Flickr The rider went down — Boom! — just as she turned to see if the streetcar was getting close to her. Turning to look was her undoing, because her wheel got caught in the big gap between rail and street, toppling her hard. The big blue streetcar was only ten feet or […]

Alex Marshall on Brian Lehrer Show, Like, Now

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

Streetsblog contributor Alex Marshall will be on this morning’s Brian Lehrer Show to talk about his post from last week on cyclists and traffic laws. The show starts at 10:00. Marshall’s segment has top billing on the Lehrer Show web page, so it will probably be one of the first segments be airing at 10:40 […]

Bicycles Are the New NYC “It Girl” Fashion Accessory

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 6, 2007 | 38 Comments

Actress Chloe Sevigny and her folding bike. This week’s New York Observer story on "the beautiful bicycle girls of New York" may very well be the most e-mailed news item ever forwarded to the Streetsblog inbox. Calm down, people! Gillian Reagan observes what appears to be a new trend in New York City: Exceptionally good […]

A Solution to Stroller Rage

By Alex Marshall | Jul 31, 2007 | 51 Comments

The feminine part of "women and children first" has, perhaps, been dropped in our more equitable and less chivalrous times, but the kid side of the sum has not, at least that’s my sense of things. As a society, we generally try to put children first knowing they are our world’s future, not to mention […]

Segway Users: The Other Minority

By Alex Marshall | Jun 27, 2007 | 75 Comments

This is the second essay from Alex Marshall. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on transportation issues, he is a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. A guy on a Segway rolled by me the other day on 15th street to […]

Armoring Up on the Streets of New York

By Alex Marshall | May 31, 2007 | 34 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that Alex Marshall will now be contributing to Streetsblog. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on how transportation shapes our cities. He is a columnist at Governing Magazine and a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. Here […]

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