| Posted: 06 May 2009 04:41 PM PDT Cycling is a political issue. When you choose to ride a bike, you are addressing many issues: personal health, air quality, oil dependence, economics, infrastructure, and safety. Making the choice... (click through to website for more) |
| Vote now in the Drive Less. Save More. Video Challenge [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT A screenshot from video "Dear Nana" by Guy Baker "Drive Less. Save More." is an awareness campaign sponsored by dozens of regional businesses and organizations whose... (click through to website for more) |
| What would YOU do with $4 billion? Have your say at the CRC Brewhaha Thursday [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 03:58 PM PDT Brother, can you spare $4 billion? (Photos © J. Maus) If you had $4 billion to spend on transportation, what would you do? Come join our very own Jonathan Maus at tomorrow night (Thursday, May 7)... (click through to website for more) |
| Safer Streets Under Fire at Gerson "Town Hall" [Streetsblog NYC"Town Hall"] Posted: 06 May 2009 02:01 PM PDT It's safer to cross Grand Street. The arrogance! Lower Manhattan City Council rep Alan Gerson held a "transportation town hall" Monday night, following up on his pledge last year to closely... (click through to website for more) |
| PSU students vote this week on Green Fund referendum [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 01:46 PM PDT "[The Green Fund] is a pool of money that works again and again as PSU takes loans from this pool and saves money by replacing utilities with sustainable ones, to pay back to the loan."... (click through to website for more) |
| Will Barbara Boxer Stand Up for Sustainable Transportation? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 01:40 PM PDT Behind the scenes, we're hearing a lot of sustainable transportation advocates sounding alarms over California Senator Barbara Boxer these days. As chair of the Senate's Environment and Public Works... (click through to website for more) |
| Tonight: Friendly Voices Needed for Harlem Bike Lane [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 01:25 PM PDT Just a reminder that Community Board 10 will consider a new buffered bike lane for Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard tonight. The lane, from W. 118th to W. 153rd Street, would complete a direct... (click through to website for more) |
| Will Barbara Boxer Stand Up for Sustainable Transportation? [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 12:17 PM PDT Behind the scenes, we're hearing a lot of sustainable transportation advocates sounding alarms over California Senator Barbara Boxer these days. As chair of the Senate's Environment and Public Works... (click through to website for more) |
| Mayor Adams pledges to go carfree for a month, ride a bike instead [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 11:42 AM PDT Sam Adams speaking at last night's BMP Open House (Photo © J. Maus) It's a classic story in Portland by now — you total your car, assess your options, and decide the time is right... (click through to website for more) |
| Council Transportation Committee Moves to Remove Traffic Calming [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 11:39 AM PDT Endangered in Westwood. At an early morning meeting, scheduled for 8:30 A.M. but not starting until close to 9:00, of the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee, both sides in the... (click through to website for more) |
| Revolving Door Keeps Spinning for City's Drunk Drivers [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 11:06 AM PDT DWI Killer Tenzing Bhutia got two years for the 2007 death of Julia Thomson. Photo: Daily News The Post last weekend noted some disturbing statistics relating to city drunk driving prosecutions. Out... (click through to website for more) |
| Court Upholds Expiration of MTA/BRU Consent Decree [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 10:25 AM PDT Photo: LA Wad/Flickr Yesterday, a federal appeals court ruled in the case of the Bus Rider's Union (BRU) v. MTA over the matter of whether or not to extend the 1996 "Consent Decree." At issue... (click through to website for more) |
| We Can't Go on Living Like This [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 10:17 AM PDT We'll have more on the details of the MTA funding deal as they emerge. For now I'd like to focus on its most salient feature: The failure to impose new fees on car commuters, whose daily trips would... (click through to website for more) |
| Southeast residents take bike plan for a test ride [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 08:49 AM PDT Gather 'round folks. (Photos © J. Maus) Last night at Franklin High School, Portlanders got their first chance to kick the tires and test ride the Portland Bureau of Transportation's... (click through to website for more) |
| The Headlines: 5.6.09 [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 06 May 2009 08:47 AM PDT The Headlines Port Authority's Connect 09 Report Released East Busway Blog The NYT runs a profile on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Infratstructurist Flooding won't hurt new Mon... (click through to website for more) |
| What's Really Dangerous for Kids? Hint: It Has Four Wheels and a Tailpipe. [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 08:19 AM PDT Photo by pawpaw67 via Flickr.When she wrote a column for the New York Sun last year about letting her nine-year-old ride the subway on his own, Lenore Skenazy was pilloried by many as an... (click through to website for more) |
| Local high school does bike parking right [BikePortland] Posted: 06 May 2009 08:00 AM PDT Good spacing, a high visibility location, and cobblestones! (Photos © J. Maus) When students and staff arrive at the campus of Benjamin Franklin High School in Southeast Portland (5405 SE... (click through to website for more) |
| Cycling and the Law: Where Does Education Begin? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 07:57 AM PDT Today, in honor of bike month on the Streetsblog Network, we hear from a cyclist in Long Beach, California, who was forced into the position of (unsuccessfully) educating a police officer about... (click through to website for more) |
| Cycling and the Law: Where Does Education Begin? [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 07:36 AM PDT Today, in honor of bike month on the Streetsblog Network, we hear from a cyclist in Long Beach, California, who was forced into the position of (unsuccessfully) educating a police officer about the... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 06 May 2009 07:29 AM PDT Long Beach Police Ticket Veteran Cyclist for Biking (Eco-Friendly Bike Photog.) Council Approves Redevelopment Plan for Laurel City Shopping Plaza (Daily News) House Dems Agree to Subsidize Car... (click through to website for more) |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 06 May 2009 06:04 AM PDT Paterson, Smith, and Silver Cast Themselves as Transit Saviors (NYT, News, Post, NY1, Politicker) News: Final MTA Funding Deal a 'Train Wreck' This Is Carl Kruger's Transit Package (Politicker) Lack... (click through to website for more) |
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