| Tomorrow’s Metro Board: Finally a Discussion of the LRTP [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 11:21 AM PDT Photo:Thayer School/flickr It's been over a year since Metro launched it's Imagine Campaign, encouraging County residents to imagine the ideal transportation system and letting Metro know by... (click through to website for more) |
| Cycling News Photographer Catches Drivers in the Act [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:47 AM PDT Wisconsin's Jeff Frings is an avid bike rider. He's also a photographer for Milwaukee's Fox 6, which may be why this report is among the most fair and balanced we've seen on cyclists' right to the... (click through to website for more) |
| AARP Joins Campaign to Reform National Transpo Policy [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:42 AM PDT Photo: AARP AARP announced today that it will join the Transportation for America campaign to advocate for a "broad restructuring" of national transportation policy. In a letter sent to... (click through to website for more) |
| Behind the Orange Curtain: Massive Service Cuts at OCTA [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 09:36 AM PDT Around the country, many of our largest transit agencies are dealing with massive deficits by cutting back service and laying off employees. New York City Streetsblog has pretty much been... (click through to website for more) |
| Can the World Handle the World's Cheapest Car? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 08:22 AM PDT Today the Streetsblog Network takes us to India, where some fear the recent launch of the highly-anticipated $2,000 Tata Nano -- a.k.a. the "world's cheapest car" -- will wreak havoc on the... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 08:21 AM PDT LAPD's Bike License Victims State Their Case at LAPD Comission Hearing (LAist) City's Response to Call for Projects Yields Interesting Results (Blogdowntown) Riverside Wants Funds for Freeway... (click through to website for more) |
| Busways and Bikes Can and Do Mix: A look at Bus Rapid Transit done right in LA [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 08:14 AM PDT Pittsburgh could learn a lot from this short StreetFilms video about Bus Rapid Transit. Not only is the system efficient, but it recognizes that bikes are an integral part of the transportation... (click through to website for more) |
| The Headlines: 3.25.09 [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 25 Mar 2009 07:51 AM PDT The Headlines Study calls plan to lease Pennsylvania Turnpike flawed PG Another pedestrian safety crackdown in Oakland today PG 650 parking space development in Ridgemont neighborhood goes up against... (click through to website for more) |
| Local builders in global company in new “Custom Bicycles” book [BikePortland] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT A bike from Portland-based Vanilla Bicycles graces the cover of Custom Bicycles; A passionate pursuit. With the publication later this spring of, Custom Bicycles: A passionate pursuit, the... (click through to website for more) |
| With new racks, finally some good news for PNCA [BikePortland] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 02:04 PM PDT This morning, crews worked to install 27 bike racks on NW 13th at Johnson. (Photos © J. Maus) Today, crews from the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation installed 27 new staple racks at the... (click through to website for more) |
| Gov. Talks Transportation Financing and Expansion on Meet the Press [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 11:53 AM PDT This week Governor Schwarzenegger joined Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Meet the Press. A partial clip of the Governor's statement on... (click through to website for more) |
| Bikes Belong and REI Award BikePGH a Bike Friendly Community Grant [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 11:41 AM PDT Bikes Belong, the U.S. bicycle industry organization dedicated to putting more people on bicycles more often, in partnership with the League of American Bicyclists and with generous support from REI,... (click through to website for more) |
| Portland Police get criticism for handling of bike light case [BikePortland] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:58 AM PDT Oregonian columnist Steve Duin. Oregonian columnist Steve Duin has published pointed criticisms directed at the Portland Police Bureau's handling of the Freedom Child bike light case in his... (click through to website for more) |
| Northeast LA Critical Mass: “One Night Only” or “Rebirth” [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 09:55 AM PDT When there's only nine people, it's hard to hand off the camera. Photo: LA Streetsblog (This article is my first effort to revive a monthly series on Critical Mass in the Greater Los... (click through to website for more) |
| Before You Vote Today…Check Out Biking in LA [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 09:13 AM PDT What, you didn't know there was an election today? Well, not all of Los Angeles has the chance to vote, just those in the 26th District where a group of candidates are vying to replace Mark... (click through to website for more) |
| It’s No Accident [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:59 AM PDT What if news articles of shootings, stabbings and other deaths used the same language normally employed to describe traffic collisions? Today on the Streetsblog Network, David Alpert of Greater... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:12 AM PDT Goodbye, Steve Hymon (LAist, LA Now, Curbed) More ZipCars Coming to USC...in August? (Daily Trojan) More on LAPD's New Desire to Ticket for Licensed Bikes (Metblogs) EPA Prepares to Regulate... (click through to website for more) |
| Crews remove bike racks from new transit mall [BikePortland] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:57 AM PDT Portland Mall crews remove a bike rack on NW 5th Ave. last Friday. (Photo: Michael O'Leary) Staffers at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance offices on NW 5th Avenue were surprised when they... (click through to website for more) |
| The Headlines: 3.24.09 [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:56 AM PDT The Headlines: City to get $4.5M in block grants from stimulus funds to go to steps, hillsides, streets and bridges PG Mt. Lebanon to install neighborhood traffic calming speed humps, concrete rumble... (click through to website for more) |
| Cycle track coming to North Park Blocks [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 08:21 PM PDT Cross section of new cycle track coming to North Park Blocks. (Graphic: NeighborhoodNotes.com) Details of the Mayor Adams' promised "high profile" cycle track have been leaked on... (click through to website for more) |
| Mayor Adams’ office releases 100 day plan update video [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 05:38 PM PDT Mayor Adams' Transportation Policy Director Catherine Ciarlo in screenshot from new video. -Watch it below- Mayors Sam Adams' office has just released a video address giving an update... (click through to website for more) |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting focuses lens on biking [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 02:54 PM PDT OPB's Oregon Field Guide has a major crush on biking. Oregon Public Broadcasting's (OPB) Oregon Field Guide program has begun to reflect our state's decidedly bike-centric... (click through to website for more) |
| Kidical Massers bring message for more money to City Hall [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 01:27 PM PDT How can the city say no to a face like this? -Slideshow below- (Photos © J. Maus) Last Friday, about 100 people — most of them families with kids in tow — rode to City Hall as part of... (click through to website for more) |
| BTA shifts tone, issues statement opposing the CRC project [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:44 AM PDT "Expanding the freeway and constructing six new massive interchanges will do tremendous damage to the bike friendliness of communities around the project." – From a press release... (click through to website for more) |
| Times Bummer: Steve Hymon Laid Off [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:29 AM PDT LA Observed is reporting the sad news that the Times' transportation writer and former Bottleneck Blogger Steve Hymon fell victim to the budget ax earlier this morning. Because of Hymon's... (click through to website for more) |
| Why the City of Eugene opposes the Idaho Stop law [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 11:23 AM PDT The letter from Eugene's bike program coordinator in opposition to the Idaho Stop bill. (Download PDF) Last week, when the Idaho Stop Law bill — which would allow bikes to treat stop... (click through to website for more) |
| Newsflash! Westsiders Want Rail (and Bikes) [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 10:22 AM PDT Photos via LA Indy Media A new organization calling themselves "West LA for Change" debuted itself to thousands of drivers on the 405 by unrolling a 100 foot sign calling for a speeded up time table... (click through to website for more) |
| CycleStreets Goes LIVE! [Cycling Edinborough] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 09:25 AM PDT Cambridge cycle campaigners Martin (front) and Simon have every reason to look pleased with themselves! They have just pressed the button to remove the password protection on CycleStreets.net. The... (click through to website for more) |
| Who Watches the Watchmen?: LAPD Still Ticketing for No Bike License [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:51 AM PDT Image via Alex Thompson at WestSide BikeSIDE! This Saturday, Crank Mob, possibly the largest of Los Angeles' group bike rides, had a more than interesting evening even by Crank Mob standards. ... (click through to website for more) |
| Streetfilms Praises Orange Line BRT and Bike Path [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:51 AM PDT While in town last month, Streetfilms took its second look at Los Angeles' Orange Line as a model for BRT's around the country. In his summary of the above Streetfilm, Clarence Eckerson doesn't... (click through to website for more) |
| Transit-Oriented Development: Beyond the Big City [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:49 AM PDT We're taking it out of the city and into the suburbs and small towns today on the Streetsblog Network. Member blog Urban City Architecture takes a look at Moving Communities Forward, a recently... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:48 AM PDT 1,000 Cyclists Jam Hollywood Streets Saturday Night (KNBC) One Place Antonio Wins: Bloomberg Says Bikes Don't Belong on Trains (NYC Streetsblog) Nation's Transit Systems Still in Crisis (WSJ) Obama... (click through to website for more) |
| The Headlines: 3.23.09 [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:33 AM PDT "American Cities" featuring some shots of Pittsburgh from 1956 American Engineers video The Headlines Port Authority delays overhaul of bus routes PG Despite cash from U.S., state sees... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:34 AM PDT On Meet the Press Sunday morning, Governor Rendell (D-PA), in a round table discussion with Governor Schwartzenegger (R-CA), and NYC Mayor Bloomberg, declared that mere reauthorization of the federal... (click through to website for more) |
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