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October 15, 2025
It’s Been a Great Ride
Today’s post is going to be a little different. That’s because this will be my last blog entry here at Streetsblog.net.
June 25, 2010
Jail Time for Hunting Down People on Bikes With a Car While Drunk: Zero
Earlier this week, we wrote about a Mike Pintek, a Pittsburgh radio show host who joked about hitting bicyclists with his car.
June 24, 2010
National Parks Service Encourages Exploration of Downtown St. Louis
Today we’ve got news from member blog Dotage St. Louis about a sweet new initiative from the National Parks Service (NPS) called "Core of Discovery." Aimed at tourists visiting the city’s Gateway Arch (an NPS property), it highlights various attractions of St. Louis’s downtown — historic architecture, bike rentals to enjoy the path along the Mississippi, the new Citygarden sculpture park and many others.
June 23, 2010
A Boom in Bike Parking for Forth Worth
A tip of the hat goes to our member blog Fort Worthology for being part of the bike parking solution in Fort Worth, Texas.
June 22, 2010
“They Have to Do the Right Thing or Else They’re Going to Get Killed”
Last year, we posted a piece about a couple of shock jocks in Detroit who thought it was funny to talk about throwing things at bicyclists.
June 21, 2010
Better Than Boycotting BP: Getting Out of the Car
Yesterday, we asked if you thought the BP oil spill was changing anyone’s driving habits. The consensus — sadly — was a resounding no. While there’s plenty of anger at BP CEO Tony Hayward, few people seem willing to examine the role consumer demand plays in risky deep-water drilling. And even if they are willing to consider it, many people have no alternative to driving.
June 18, 2010
No Better Time to “Dump the Pump”
As a couple of Streetsblog Network members, including Seattle Transit Blog, have noted, today is "Dump the Pump" day, organized by the American Public Transportation Association. It's an annual event in its fifth year, designed to give a little positive PR to the public transit sector. But this time around, events in the Gulf of Mexico give it a new kind of resonance.
June 17, 2010
The High Cost of (Bike) Parking
Today on the Streetsblog Network, Traffic author Tom Vanderbilt writes at How We Drive about the cost of bike parking at Manhattan garages. (New York's larger garages have been required to offer bike parking since late last year, and they haven't always been happy about it.)
June 16, 2010
A Transit Education in Santa Rosa
I started riding the public bus to get to school in New York City when I was about nine or ten years old. It was a trip that took half an hour or so each way, including a walk of several blocks from the bus stop to the school door.
June 15, 2010