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Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London
On-street parking space becomes a pub’s outdoor patio in Covent Garden, London. Photo: Aaron Naparstek
April 27, 2007
Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring?
Would they get out of their cars if they could surf the Web on the bus?
April 27, 2007
Ken Livingstone on Congestion Pricing in New York
In his most recent article for the Guardian, London mayor Ken Livingstone applauds Mayor Bloomberg's plan to introduce congestion pricing in New York City:
April 26, 2007
Black Clouds Over China
The balloon says: Drive one day less and look how much carbon dioxide you'll keep out of the air we breathe.
April 26, 2007
Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock
Mayor Bloomberg is not the only one going green. Woodstock, New York wants to be America's first carbon neutral city by 2017. The Telegraph reports:
April 24, 2007
StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley
The debate over congestion pricing has been heating up in advance of Mayor Bloomberg's big Earth Day speech tomorrow. What better time to get some talking points on the matter from Bob Kiley, who served as the Commissioner of Transport for London from 2001 to 2006? (Kiley was also chairman and CEO of New York's MTA from 1983 to 1990.)
April 21, 2007
Decongestion in Cities Around the World
GOOD Magazine profiles five innovations in urban transportation that you don't find in America, yet. Josh Jackson reports:
April 20, 2007
Toronto Politician on Bike Lanes and the Future of Cycling
Toronto City Council member Glenn De Baeremaeker bicycles 26 miles each way to work at City Hall, all year round. Thirty-five minutes into his ride, De Baeremaeker finally reaches a bike lane. The Toronto Star profiles his ride:
April 19, 2007
Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands
We don't understand a word of it, but in this video compilation from the Netherlands, we see what a well-funded television ad campaign to encourage cycling might look like. Or not. Check out the ad about three minutes in: It appears to show an Al Qaeda operative a Saddam Hussein-like guy on a bicycle with a machine gun strapped to his back chasing three Western politician businessman types. It's probably not the best sales pitch for the US market but you get the idea.
April 18, 2007