Year: 2009
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Hopenhagen or Carbonhagen, We’ll Still be Cycling Regardless
I caught Mikael Colville-Andersen's inspiring talk on urban cycling from the Copenhagen context at San Francisco's SPUR on the last Friday of October. I suggested we could do an interview when I came to Copenhagen in December and he graciously agreed, stepping outside into the drizzling snow at a December 10 awards ceremony he was hosting. (The title of this post is a quote from him when he was on stage at the ceremony, and is a new tag line on his blog too.) They were handing out prizes for the best new designs for the next generation of Copenhagen's bikeshare program. He is well known for his blogging at Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycling Chic. The photos throughout were taken by me in Copenhagen during the last couple of weeks there.
December 17, 2009
Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction
As the Copenhagen climate talks reach a turning point,
congressional negotiations over emissions cuts are taking a back seat
to global debate. But some undeniably good news on the domestic front
came late yesterday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office
(CBO).
December 17, 2009
NJ Editor Blames Anyone But Drivers for Pedestrian Deaths
Today on the Streetsblog Network, more windshield perspective from journalists, via WalkBike Jersey.
Andy B, the blog's author (and a frequent commenter on this site),
writes about an Atlantic City newspaper editor who has come up with a bizarre theory about who is responsible for the rising tide of pedestrian deaths in the Garden State.
December 17, 2009
New Website Prompts Transit Agencies to Open Data to the Public
The software developers and open data advocates at Front Seat, known more familiarly for their Walk Score rankings of the most walkable U.S. cities, have turned their focus on transit agencies that have resisted opening transit data to third-party, open-source developers. Their new website, City-Go-Round, is an effort to encourage agencies to release their schedules in Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), the standard for programmers. With the data, Front Seat expects software developers will continually improve the interface between operators and their riders.
December 16, 2009
#whyweride Offers Some Gems From Cyclists Around the Country
For all of you with a second at work today, check out the awesome trend on Twitter that has been building the past few days: #whyweride.
December 16, 2009
In Search of a Better Pedestrian Realm for Broadway in Chinatown
The stretch of Broadway between Columbus Avenue and the Robert C. Levy tunnel is an unheralded segment of San Francisco's Chinatown: storefront after storefront of neighborhood shops and restaurants, with far fewer tourists than Grant Avenue or Stockton Street. But its streetscape, though lively with pedestrians during the day, maintains much the same look it had when the Embarcadero Freeway still touched down several blocks to the east, funneling cars through the neighborhood via Broadway's four lanes of traffic, as pedestrians squeeze onto 12-foot-wide sidewalks.
December 16, 2009
LaHood Visits The Daily Show to Talk Transportation
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night to talk about his department's role in the stimulus debate, infrastructure modernization, and development of a U.S. high-speed rail system. Check out the video above (and let us know what you thought in the comments).
December 16, 2009
Why Are Threats Against Bike Riders Considered Acceptable?
Today on the Streetsblog Network, Sustainable Savannah
asks the question, "When is it socially acceptable to threaten the
lives of innocent people?" The answer, apparently, is this: "When they
are riding bicycles."
December 16, 2009