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Drivers Enjoy Special New Standing Zone
Fresh tipster shots from Prince Street. E-mail subject line: "Happy 'Bike to Work' Day."
May 16, 2008
Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories
City Council Members John Liu and David Yassky bike to City Hall at a press event yesterday (the other 49 took a pass), as Paul Steely White brings up the rear in style.
May 16, 2008
Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word “Transit”
Even as the price of gas turns into a hot-button campaign issue, the presidential candidates are studiously avoiding the "T" word -- transit -- for the most part.
May 7, 2008
COMMUTE’s BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines
COMMUTE's proposals for BRT routes in the five boroughs, shown next to DOT's current plan. View an enlarged version.
April 25, 2008
Ad Nauseam: State Farm on the Humiliation of Biking to Work
Drop what you're doing, click the "play" button and enjoy 30 seconds of outstanding car culture courtesy of State Farm.
April 3, 2008
Times Building Continues to Discourage Bike Commuting
In the latest episode of the New York Times Building vs. bike commuters saga, building management is tagging chained bikes with notes threatening to clip and "remove" them.
April 3, 2008
The City Council Vote in Two Dimensions
This map depicting Monday's City Council vote comes to us courtesy of Justin Kray at the Pratt Center for Community Development. You can use the City Council website to identify who represents which district. And here's some good data to go along with the map: car commute rates for every district.
April 2, 2008
On Potato Omelets and Winter Cycling
A Spanish tortilla, unlike the Mexican version, is essentially
a potato omelet. You fry some diced-up onions and potatoes in oil, and then
pour in some beaten egg. Flip it over, and voila, you have a tasty, round
golden thing to cut into slices and eat.
March 18, 2008
Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents
A rendering in section of NYU's proposal for a pedestrian-only Washington Place, between Washington Square Park and Broadway.
March 7, 2008
2008: Year of the Bicycle?
Ahead of this week's National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, syndicated columnist Neal Peirce wonders if 2008 will be "bicycling's best year since the start of the auto age." He writes about developments promoting the bicycle as a legitimate form of transportation around the world, many of which have been featured right here on Streetsblog:
March 3, 2008