| Massachusetts passes landmark bike bill: How does Oregon compare? [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 04:13 PM PST "Dooring" someone on a bike now comes with a $100 fine in Massachusetts. (Photos © J. Maus) Massachusetts is working overtime to become a bike-friendly state. In Boston,... (click through to website for more) |
| Senate Set to Confirm LaHood as Transportation Secretary [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:00 PM PST Ray LaHood handles some softballs at his nomination hearing.Looks like Ray LaHood will sail toward an easy confirmation in the Senate. Members of the Transportation Committee were congratulating him... (click through to website for more) |
| 366 kids will fulfill belated bike dreams this weekend [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:02 PM PST 366 lucky kids will get to choose their favorite this weekend. (Photo © J. Maus) With a press release that exclaims, "The Portland "Snowpocalypse" can't keep us from... (click through to website for more) |
| Did Team Obama Gut Transit Funds From the Stimulus Package? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:30 PM PST Reporting on last week's stimulus letdown -- when a proposal by US Rep. James Oberstar's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for $17 billion in mass transit spending was slashed by the... (click through to website for more) |
| Blumenauer lends a hand to Obama bikers [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:25 PM PST Blumenauer presents the coveted ticket. (Photos: James Koski) Back in December, Los Angeleno Ryan Bowen and an energetic band of friends and followers left L.A. for D.C. on their bikes to be a... (click through to website for more) |
| Yahoo: Portland #1 green city; a “role model for the nation” [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 12:02 PM PST Air quality, access to parks, good public transit, and bike facilities were some of the reasons Portland got #1. (Photo © J. Maus) Yahoo and eco-guide/website Sustain Lane have ranked Portland #1... (click through to website for more) |
| Do Los Angeles’ Sidewalk Policies Put It Out of Compliance with the ADA? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 11:08 AM PST Parking Enforcement Explains That It Allows Vehicles to Park in Aprons as Long as Property Owners Don't Complain As city officials gear up for primary and general elections this Spring, there are... (click through to website for more) |
| Searching for “bicycle” on WhiteHouse.gov [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:57 AM PST The Capitol (Photo © J. Maus) During his campaign, Obama got us all excited when he mentioned how Portland's bike lanes should be an example for the rest of the country. Now that he's... (click through to website for more) |
| Adams’ light dimming fast [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:14 AM PST Adams at his press conference yesterday. (Photos © J. Maus) If Mayor Sam Adams hoped for progress overnight in his effort to save his reputation and his political life, it seems things have only... (click through to website for more) |
| Crosswalks As Memorials in Portugal [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:24 AM PST Hat tip to alert reader Jessica Meaney. A video by Portugal's "Interactive Ninja" demonstrates a unique approach to crosswalk design. In this video. some local activists use some spray paint... (click through to website for more) |
| The Work That Needs to Be Done [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:23 AM PST The first day of the Obama Administration is here at last. So it's time to get down to work, right? The Midwest High Speed Rail blog (we love their super-realistic slogan, "Improving Amtrak,... (click through to website for more) |
| Press Release: SRAM Gives $400,000 to Bike Advocacy Organizations [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:04 AM PST SRAM Cycling Fund Awards $400,000 to the League of American Bicyclists and Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking SRAM has announced a grant of $400,000 to the Thunderhead Alliance for Biking... (click through to website for more) |
| The Last Thing This Nation Needs… [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:57 AM PST I hate to nitpick at an outstanding and historic speech but it's January 21 and time to start talking about the stimulus bill, so, well, I'll let James Howard Kunstler do the nitpicking... "We will... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:55 AM PST Obama References Energy, Climate, Roads, Bridges, and Cars in Inaugural Address (Grist) CBO: Highway Projects Not So 'Shovel-Ready' After All (Bloomberg via Ryan Avent) NRDC: Transit-Poor Stimulus... (click through to website for more) |
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