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Happy Labor Day Weekend
Enjoy the long weekend and recharge your batteries. If you're working to make New York a more livable city, it's going to be a busy Fall. May these photos from Utrecht, Holland inspire you...
August 31, 2007
Brit’s Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline
Britain's Liberal Democrat Party unveiled a detailed plan to tackle climate change which includes a ban on fossil fuel powered cars by 2040. The Guardian reports:
August 30, 2007
Video: The Velib Project
More on the Vélib Project: this video shows the bicycles in action during the opening week. The Vélib was an instant success with Parisians clocking one million rides by the end of week two.
August 30, 2007
Trek: A Bike Maker Flexes Some Advocacy Muscle
One thousand Trek Lime "cruising bicycles," waiting for riders.
August 29, 2007
Casino-Jamming in the Catskills
Way back in February Gov. Eliot Spitzer declared his support for a plan to build a $600 million casino in the Catskills. Now opponents of the St. Regis Mohawk tribe project, which would be located at the Monticello Racetrack in Sullivan County, have launched a public-relations campaign highlighting the traffic congestion and sprawl they say would result.
August 29, 2007
Congestion Pricing News of the World
We can barely keep up with the international congestion pricing headlines these days:
August 27, 2007
Ich bin ein Bicyclist
In a report for CBSnews.com on Berlin, Germany's booming bike culture, Christine Lagorio expresses shock at the sheer number of bikes she saw in Berlin and the way in which motorists and cyclists share the road "gracefully." This, she says, is something she has never experienced in her home town of New York City.
August 24, 2007
Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up
Thanks all for reading and commenting on our non-motorized honeymoon travel series (see parts 1, 2, 3 and 4). Below is a table Susan put together to briefly summarize some of our observations on the cities we visited.
August 24, 2007
Remainder of Federal Pot Goes to Toll Plans
Florida officials say HOT lanes are the answer to SoFla I-95 congestion
August 23, 2007