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Orioles Pitcher Throws a High Hard One at Car Commuting
Via Smart Growth America, I'm finally catching up to this great little story in last month's Baltimore Sun about all of the Orioles players who are commuting to the ballpark by bike these days:
August 8, 2008
Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan and Friends Unveil “Summer Streets”
David Byrne, Janette Sadik-Khan, Paul Steely White, Lance Armstrong, and Scott Stringer look on mirthfully as Mayor Bloomberg announces "Summer Streets."
June 16, 2008
Cleveland Indians Ace Cliff Lee: The Southpaw Straphanger
Cliff Lee's $4 million arm hangs from a subway strap.
May 12, 2008
If You Build It With Less Parking, They Will Still Come
We're nearly a couple of weeks into baseball season, and fans of the Washington Nationals are enjoying their new transit-, bike- and pedestrian-friendly stadium. The DC complex, with its transit links, shuttle buses and valet bike parking, is so accessible -- and city efforts to encourage fans to get there by alternate means so successful -- that on Opening Day its relatively few parking lots weren't even full, reports Greater Greater Washington:
April 10, 2008
Unlike the Knicks, “New York’s Team” Takes the Subway to Work
We already know that the New York Rangers' center Sean Avery loves riding his bike. Now we learn that forward Brendan Shanahan and several other teammate take the subway to the office. From yesterday's New York Times:
December 13, 2007
Rangers New Center is Happy to Be Back on His Bike
No more double-parking in front of the net or on bike lanes around Madison Square Garden.
October 18, 2007
1,200 Pack Town Hall for “How New Yorkers Ride Bikes”
Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson was at Town Hall on Saturday night for the New Yorker Festival's "How New Yorkers Ride Bikes," hosted by former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. Clarence wasn't allowed to film the event so he published a nice write-up on StreetFilms. Some excerpts:
October 8, 2007
Bicycles Are the New NYC “It Girl” Fashion Accessory
Actress Chloe Sevigny and her folding bike.
September 6, 2007
Bike Parking on Steroids
"Cyclists are so used to doing with scraps and they've been that way for so long that they are shocked when they get anything that satisfies their needs."
July 27, 2007