| A sign of bikes going mainstream in Portland [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 04:02 PM PDT Screenshot of KGW video. It was big news last week when the American Automobile Association (Triple A) announced they would begin offering roadside assistance to people on bicycles*. Triple A is... (click through to website for more) |
| Fare Gates for Metro Trains Are Coming, But Slowly [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:39 PM PDT Photo of PATH Station in Newark, NJ: Ho0n/Flickr Despite a Board Report available on Metro's website that states that fare gates will be installed on all Metro rail lines by the end of the year (look... (click through to website for more) |
| Join us for a close-in BikePortland Get Together [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:21 PM PDT Over 50 readers showed up for our Get Together in Multnomah Village. Can we top that in inner SE? (Photo © J. Maus) We've been holding our BikePortland Get Togethers since February now, as a... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:10 PM PDT Especially after the events of last Friday, it's always a sobering moment when you read about cyclists being killed by drunk or otherwise reckless drivers. However, in this instance there is a... (click through to website for more) |
| Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT Obama during the "sprawl is over" speech last February The White House Office of Urban Affairs, which has drawn criticism for its inactivity at a rocky economic time for the nation's cities,... (click through to website for more) |
| Adams takes Climate Action Plan to the people [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:58 PM PDT About 50 people attended the North Portland Climate Action Plan Town Hall. (Photos © J. Maus) Last week I attended the Climate Action Plan Town Hall in North Portland. The event was a chance for... (click through to website for more) |
| Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 02:45 PM PDT The White House Office of Urban Affairs, which has drawn criticism for its inactivity at a rocky economic time for the nation's cities, capped a day-long summit today with a speech by President... (click through to website for more) |
| Transpo Bills Gummed Up By State Senate Dysfunction [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT After spending the last five weeks affirming Albany's status as the nation's most dysfunctional state capital, the State Senate will have one last extraordinary session this Wednesday before calling... (click through to website for more) |
| A "bold, creative" Clinton bike boulevard? See for yourself tonight [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:30 PM PDT This "bicycle mandala" graphic is one of the treatments PBOT is proposing to install in an intersection along SE Clinton Street to make it clear to people in cars that they are on a... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:44 PM PDT Portland's bike culture inspires the world. The Sprockettes perform at the Multnomah County Bike Fair (Photo © J. Maus) I rode out in the rain last night to grab a beer with Mattia... (click through to website for more) |
| Now rolling on Portland streets: Zigos with Child Pods [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:38 AM PDT Furthering Portland's reputation as a cargo/kid-carrying bike test laboratory, a local shop is now selling the Zigo family bike. The bike's main selling point is its versatility. It can... (click through to website for more) |
| Status Report: Ninth Avenue Road Rage Case [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:11 AM PDT As reader Omri noted in the comments on the calendar post, this week cyclist Ray Bengen and SUV driver Gus Gonzalez have separate dates in Manhattan Criminal Court. Bengen was charged with criminal... (click through to website for more) |
| Salem business owners work to stop bike lane project [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:07 AM PDT Commercial Street in Salem. (Image: Google Streetview) A plan to restripe Commercial Street in downtown Salem has been met with opposition by some business owners. Eric Lundgren, a bike advocate... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:40 AM PDT America's "Most Livable City" maybe not so livable This is kind of sad. We ranked number 61 out of the 67 largest cities in the National Resources Defence Council Study. One of the... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:24 AM PDT New Orleans streetcars, such as the one pictured above, are about to be outsourced to a private French company. (Photo: NYT)The Wall Street Journal reports today on the growing number of cities... (click through to website for more) |
| Free Ride's Mobile Bike Repair Project is coming to your neighborhood! [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:00 AM PDT Come find us and get your bike safety checked and repaired! Free Ride!, Pittsburgh's bike co-op, is offering a new summer program in collaboration with Urban Youth Action's youth summer... (click through to website for more) |
| City installs 20th on-street bike parking facility [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:47 AM PDT Bike corral on SE 28th. -Slideshow below/More images- (Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation completed the installation of another on-street bike parking corral last... (click through to website for more) |
| The Monday Roundup [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:19 AM PDT Autopocalypse; electric cars; greenwashing run amok; sticking up for the right to assault; Metro plans ahead; freeway gardens; tires from orange peels Here are the news stories that caught our eye... (click through to website for more) |
| This Week in Livable Street Events [Updated] [Streetsblog NYC[Updated]] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:14 AM PDT There are several noteworthy events this week on the Streetsblog Calendar, including Thursday's review of NYMTC's Regional Transportation Plan, preceded by a big MTA gabfest on Wednesday. Lots of... (click through to website for more) |
| Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to Your Health [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:45 AM PDT Over the past couple of months, we've been following a story in Savannah about a crackdown on jaywalking -- a crackdown prompted by the death of a tourist who was hit by a car on Oglethorpe Avenue in... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:39 AM PDT (editor's note: Some of the details of the Highland Park shooting have been left intentionally blank at the request of the ride organizers for their safety. Keep that in mind in the comments... (click through to website for more) |
| The Headlines: 7.13.09 [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:09 AM PDT BikePGH Messageboard Thread of the Day Bike Corrals The Headlines Guy Costa, city public works director, resigns PG Connecticut Becomes 10th State with Complete Streets Law Complete Streets White... (click through to website for more) |
| Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to Your Health [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:51 AM PDT Over the past couple of months, we've been following a story in Savannah about a crackdown on jaywalking -- a crackdown prompted by the death of a tourist who was hit by a car on Oglethorpe Avenue in... (click through to website for more) |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:49 AM PDT The Other Side of the Bikes on Trains Debate (Bus Bench) Poll Shows Glendale Residents Support Tunnel, Najarian Calls Poll a Joke (Glendale News Press) Gov't-Backed GM Is Out of Bankruptcy and... (click through to website for more) |
| Streetfilms: Tour de Queens 2009 [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:25 AM PDT On Sunday, Transportation Alternatives' Second Annual Tour de Queens took riders on an 18-mile circuit through St. Albans, Kew Gardens, Hollis, and many other neighborhoods. Once again, the Queens... (click through to website for more) |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog NYC] Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:56 AM PDT Raging Driver Kills Bronx Dad Crossing Street With Young Son, Injures 12 More (Post, News, NYT) As of Yesterday, New York's Toll System Makes Even Less Sense (News) News: Finance Expert Jay Walder on... (click through to website for more) |
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