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StreetFilms Cyclist of the Month
Cyclist of the Month: Petra Kirstein
A Streetfilm by Sean Clifford
Running Time: 3 minutes 50 seconds
June 28, 2007
City: Commuter Needs Will Factor into High Bridge Plan
A restored High Bridge will be open to commuting cyclists and pedestrians, but access time could be limited, officials said last week.
June 26, 2007
Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter
Adrianne Pasquarelli profiles New Yorkers who commute by bicycle for Crain's New York. You have to subscribe to read the entire article, but here she introduces Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, cyclist:
June 21, 2007
Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing…
... as NASA Scientist James Hansen and six other scientists publish a new global climate change study that concludes, "The Earth today stands in imminent peril and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change."
June 21, 2007
How Americans Get to Work
According to a new U.S. Census Bureau analysis of data from the American Community Survey, most Americans drive to work -- alone, and public transportation commuters are concentrated in a handful of large cities. From the Bureau's press release:
June 19, 2007
Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is “Normal” [in London]
Emily Thornberry, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury in London and chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary cycling group, debunks 10 persistent myths about bicycle commuting in this op-ed for London's Guardian:
June 18, 2007
City Transit Commuters: A Modest Assessment
Given some of the unfathomable declarations floated in the name of opposition to congestion pricing ("We have to do something about the pedestrians"), it's hard not to wonder what goes on in the minds of those who so passionately reject any perceived infringement upon their "right" to clog the streets and poison the air for "free."
June 14, 2007
How Many New Yorkers Actually Commute to the CBD by Auto?
If you are planning to write a letter urging your local City Council Member to support Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal, the chart below will be useful to you. Based on 2000 census data, it shows the percentage of New York City workers who commute to work by car into Manhattan south of 60th Street (also known as the region's Central Business District or CBD).
May 29, 2007
Queens Blogger Runs His Own Commuter Contest
By way of comment on Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal and, perhaps, in response to Transportation Alternatives' recent bike vs. subway vs. taxi commuter contest, the author of Queens Crap, a blog focused on local development issues, conducted his own rush hour comparison test. Here are his results:
May 24, 2007
On San Fran’s Market Street Bikes Outnumber Cars for a Day
From the San Francisco Chronicle via Carfree USA:
May 22, 2007