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New York City Unveils New Anti-Dooring Video and Decal
SF editor's note: With dooring being the single most common cause of injury by motor vehicle users to people riding bikes in San Francisco, New York City sets a great example for using positive messaging to improve the safety of bicycling in the city. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has placed stickers inside taxis, but safety and bicycle promotional campaigns in the media are the next step.
September 26, 2012
San Francisco’s State of Cycling: Is It Falling Behind?
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency released its four-year State of Cycling Report [PDF] this week. While the findings in the report may not be new to those keeping an eye on the growth of bicycling in San Francisco -- which has jumped 71 percent from 2006 to 2011 -- bike advocates say it highlights the city's faltering plans to roll out bike infrastructure in comparison to other cities.
September 19, 2012
Learning From Other Cities, Planners Shop Early Visions for Market Street
Planners presented early concepts for a new Market Street to the public yesterday, moving the discussion forward on revitalizing San Francisco's grand boulevard with features like car-free zones, raised bike lanes, faster transit, and more inviting public spaces.
July 18, 2012
What SF Needs to Catch Up to NYC’s Bicycling Success: Political Leadership
New York City has raised the bar in recent years for rolling out bicycle improvements and reclaiming public space from automobiles. While San Franciscans have come to expect major delays for bike projects as the norm in their city, New York, the only American city more dense than SF, has zoomed ahead by adding roughly 20 miles of protected bike lanes since 2007, with more on the way. After each new NYC bikeway is built, injuries to all users decline and bicycling increases along the corridor.
March 5, 2012
New NYC Research Confirms: Parking Requirements Make More Car Traffic
Evidence continues to mount that New York City’s mandatory parking minimums encourage people to drive.
February 29, 2012
Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Good Cities for Bicycling
Editor’s note: This is the final installment in our series this week featuring Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press.
June 16, 2011
New York City Gets Its First “Pop-up Café,” Similar to SF’s Parklets
The narrow streets of Lower
Manhattan date back centuries and pose a set of challenges nearly unique
in New York City. With the city's first "pop-up café," DOT is testing
out a solution to one of those challenges: the lack of public space
caused by cramped sidewalks.
August 12, 2010
John Leguizamo’s Green Limo
This is too fun not to post. John Leguizamo, who's been biking in
New York since before the actual Summer of Sam,
takes a CNN crew on a ride through Midtown and shares
some pointers on NYC cycling. (Sorry about the BASF commercial
you'll have to sit through before it gets started.) Leguizamo's big
pitch to potential cyclists comes about two-thirds of the way through.
While I think he might be overemphasizing the danger and thrills, it's
hard to argue after you see the police nearly door him.
May 6, 2010
Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias
The evidence keeps mounting that smart parking policy is an essential tool in the fight to curb traffic. A new study of two German neighborhoods indicates that managing the supply of parking can make streets more livable, even in places that already have great infrastructure for transit, walking, and biking. Eliminating mandatory parking minimums, the … Continued
March 24, 2010
Sadik-Khan Packs the House in LA, Then Brings It Down
Thanks to Clarence
Eckerson for this Streetfilms Shortie.
March 19, 2010