Noah Kazis

Last Saturday, ten cyclists returned to where they had parked their bikes in Hudson River Park to find them gone. They had been attached to a railing along the river and, as reported in Gothamist, confiscated by the park.

One of the simplest and best tools for promoting walkable development has branched out into the full range of car-free transportation. Walk Score, the website which measures how many neighborhood amenities are within walking distance of a given location, has added a wealth of information about other forms of travel, including transit and cycling. The improved Walk Score provides a more complete sense of what is accessible from your apartment or workplace. 

"Safety isn't just about statistics," NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said yesterday while announcing her agency's new Pedestrian Safety Study and Action Plan. "It's not just about a dot on a map."

Times, News Discuss New Pedestrian Safety Study, Focus on Deadlier Male Drivers Ped Safety Is Nice, But Won’t Someone Please Think of the Drivers? (CBS2, Of Course) Bike Bedlam! CBS2 Files Impeccably Accurate Report on Creeping Cyclist Menace Mysterious Ghost Stroller Appears in Park Slope Without Any Link to Traffic Death (NYT)  Parks Department Seizes Bikes … Continued

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At a panel sponsored by the American Institute of Architects last night, two of the city's top transportation planners joined one of its hardest-working bike advocates to discuss how to make cycling a mainstream mode in New York.

Yesterday brought a big victory for street safety and traffic justice in Delaware, as Governor Jack Markell signed SB 269, the state's vulnerable users law. Jeff Peel, writing on the League of American Bicyclists blog, explains:

The narrow streets of Lower Manhattan date back centuries and pose a set of challenges nearly unique in New York City. With the city's first "pop-up café," DOT is testing out a solution to one of those challenges: the lack of public space caused by cramped sidewalks.

In appointing David Bragdon, the president of the Portland-area Metro Council, to run the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, Mayor Bloomberg turned to an established elected figure with a track record of progressive planning. What will he bring to New York City?

Goldsmith Loves Congestion Pricing, BRT, But Did He Roll Back E. Side Bike Lanes? (Transpo Nation) Term Limits Only Big Ticket Charter Revision on Ballot (NYT, WSJ) As Family Mourns Bus Stop Crash Victim, Summons Given for Illegal U-Turn (News, Post) Fashionistas Bring Double-Parking, Engine-Idling Glamour to City Hall (Daily Politics) Daily News Editorials: Let the TWU … Continued