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Drivers Are Killing Our Children. We Need to Talk About It.
"Car drivers’ rights are not more important than children’s rights to be safe on our streets."
Hulya Gilbert
November 6, 2023
These Aren’t America’s Best Bus Stops … But We Still Love Them
You still have a little time to submit your nomination for our America's Best Bus Stops contest — and we've got a little last-minute inspiration for you.
March 15, 2022
The Forgotten Other Good Reason for Repealing Seattle’s Bike-Helmet Law
Helmet laws discourage cycling, which undermines public health.
February 28, 2022
STUDY: City Visitors Who Use E-Scooters More Spend More
On the eve of scooter-share coming to the Bronx, an Australian study shows that they boost tourism.
July 1, 2021
Dear Giant Bicycles, Please Bring This Ad Campaign to America
Reader Paul Murphy sends along this ad from the Australian division of Giant Bicycles. The spot, by the Melbourne-based firm Leo Burnett, started airing last summer as part of Giant's "Real Riders" campaign. Imagine if images of grocery bags slung over handlebars could somehow saturate the airwaves as much as sleek new luxury sedans gliding through traffic-free downtown streets.
January 5, 2012
Melbourne’s Complete Streets
In August, I had the pleasure of spending a little more than two weeks in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne is the country's second-largest city, with 3.8 million residents in the metropolitan area. Despite its size, from a walking and transportation standpoint (to say nothing of a coffee-drinking perspective), Melbourne almost defines the term "livable city."
September 17, 2008
Bike Commuters Clean Up and Lock Up in Brisbane, Australia
From the Australian Bicycling Council comes word of a new amenity for bicycling commuters In Brisbane, Australia. Called cycle2city, it provides secure weekday parking and showers for up to 420 members, who will pay between $5 and $7 a day for the privilege of using the facility (that and other figures quoted here are Australian dollars, which are close to even in value with the US dollar these days).
July 8, 2008
Streetfilms: “Lounging on High” in Wodonga, Australia
David Engwicht is a livable streets philosopher and author. Creator of the Walking School Bus, Mental Speed Bumps
and many other innovative ways of taming traffic and increasing
pedestrian safety, he has taken on “the challenge of a lifetime” to
revitalize the downtown district of Wodonga, a small city in Australia
often referred to as “Struggle Town” in comparison to its sister city
Albury just across the Murray River.
March 26, 2008
StreetFilm: Traffic Calming Done Right in Melbourne
Clarence Eckerson files this report (and StreetFilm) from Melbourne, Australia:
March 17, 2008