| Ending Metro's Rush Hour Ban on Bikes Comes at a Steep Cost [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:39 PM PDT Photo: David Galvan/Flickr Today at noon, Metro staff held a special briefing on a series of proposed rule changes that would make it legal for bikes to be on all Metro trains at all times. ... (click through to website for more) |
| Did Pelosi Just Side with Oberstar on Transportation Bill? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:35 PM PDT That's the implication of a Roll Call story today that states: "Momentum Builds for Transportation Bill." Here's how the exchange in question played out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA)... (click through to website for more) |
| Online, on TV, on your phone or with dinner: A Tour de France viewing guide [BikePortland] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:59 PM PDT Tour de France viewing parties, like this one at the Lucky Lab in 2007, can be found all over Portland. (Photo © J. Maus) With six stages down and 15 to go, the Tour de France is just getting... (click through to website for more) |
| Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:21 PM PDT Click here to see how stim funds break down by state and metro region. Cities are getting a disproportionately small share of the road money given out by the White House's stimulus plan, but the... (click through to website for more) |
| Builders challenge; design the ultimate transportation bike [BikePortland] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:26 PM PDT [BikePortland.org is an official media partner with the upcoming, five-week Oregon Manifest event that will celebrate bike builders from across the nation, bike advocacy, and much more. Stay tuned... (click through to website for more) |
| Read and ride: Summer picks at the BikePortland Bookstore [BikePortland] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:55 PM PDT Need something to occupy, amaze, and inspire you as you lie on the beach, in your backyard, or on your couch in the coolest room in your house at the end of a long day this summer? Check out the... (click through to website for more) |
| "Environmental Champion" Boxer Delays Climate Bill Until Fall [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:11 PM PDT This was supposed to be a big week for action on climate change in the Senate -- but it's ending with Republicans rubbing their hands in glee as the Environment and Public Works Committee delays its... (click through to website for more) |
| Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT This was supposed to be a big week for action on climate change in the Senate -- but it's ending with Republicans rubbing their hands in glee as the Environment and Public Works Committee delays its... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 11:20 AM PDT Hours after an NYPD officer reportedly responding to an emergency call lost control of his cruiser, jumped a curb and hit five pedestrians late last month, another cop -- this one off-duty --... (click through to website for more) |
| Portlanders miffed at Tour de France commercial break [BikePortland] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:35 AM PDT Who's to blame for poorly timed commercial breaks during the Tour? Yesterday's exciting Tour de France stage saw popular racer Thomas Voeckler (who won many fans for his courageous... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 10:34 AM PDT Pittsburgh companies team up with Lance's Livestrong campaign at the Tour de France Pittsburgh based tech company, Deeplocal, has now expanded the bicycle component of their company to the Tour... (click through to website for more) |
| Eyes on the Street: NYPD Shows Bus Lane Scofflaws How It's Done [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:59 AM PDT Thanks to Chris O'Leary at On Transport for posting the best documentation we've seen so far of NYPD's utter disregard for the 34th Street bus lane. He took this picture yesterday during the middle... (click through to website for more) |
| Metro Opening It's Own Blog, Looking for Blogger [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:58 AM PDT Apparently the folks at Metro think I have it too easy with the Bottleneck Blog resting in peace and have decided to open their own blog. Steve Davis at Transportation for America forwarded me... (click through to website for more) |
| 100 miles, four breweries on tap for Bikes 'n' Brew Century [BikePortland] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:09 AM PDT Billing itself as "the premiere event for cycling microbrew lovers in North America," the Bikes 'n' Brew Century will offer a physical test, a visual feast, and a bounty of... (click through to website for more) |
| Seventh Graders Picture a Safer, Livelier School Zone [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:45 AM PDT Asking kids how they would re-design their streets is a revealing exercise. Students concerned about sustainability have a lot to say about their built environment, and they say it with conviction.... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:16 AM PDT Local Artist Captures the sounds of Pittsburgh, makes free ringtones Our friend, Teresa Foley, a Pittsburgh based artist and educator, started a project called Locally Toned, that "involves... (click through to website for more) |
| How Do You Want Me to Use Twitter? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:14 AM PDT At noon today, LA Streetsblog will provide live coverage of Metro's "Bikes on Trains" meeting via our twitter account at http://twitter.com/lastreetsblog. This raises the obvious question, is... (click through to website for more) |
| Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 08:03 AM PDT As the leaders of the G-8 meet in L'Aquila, Italy, to discuss how to tackle climate change on the global level, we bring you a report from Streetsblog Network member GreenCityBlueLake about a victory... (click through to website for more) |
| Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 07:52 AM PDT As the leaders of the G-8 meet in L'Aquila, Italy, to discuss how to tackle climate change on the global level, we bring you a report from Streetsblog Network member GreenCityBlueLake about a victory... (click through to website for more) |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 07:42 AM PDT Yup, L.A. Has the Nation's Worst Traffic... (Times, Daily News, Curbed) ...and Even More Shockingly, Doesn't Have Nation's Safest Roads Either (LA Now) Cities Aren't Getting Their Share of Stim Funds... (click through to website for more) |
| Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 06:30 AM PDT (Photo: TTI Urban Mobility Report)The latest edition of the Texas Transportation Institute's influential urban mobility report was released yesterday, prompting a flurry of media coverage focused... (click through to website for more) |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:55 AM PDT Cities Aren't Getting Their Share of Stim Funds -- Job Creation Suffers (NYT) Paterson Taps Dick Ravitch for Lt. Gov. Post in Bid to End Albany Stalemate (NYT, Post, News) Climate Bill Funnels Way... (click through to website for more) |
| He Didn't Mention Cycling [Cycling Edinborough] Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:42 AM PDT The sight of a well heeled, white, Western, very conservatively dressed man hardly conveys the impression of eco/class warrior or radical anti-capitalist. Prince Charles' appearance on last... (click through to website for more) |
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