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Showing posts with label bicycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bicycling. Show all posts
Friday, June 22, 2018

What's the real story behind those photos of abandoned dockless bikeshare bikes?

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At this point you've probably seen at least one, maybe several: pictures of "abandoned" or "discarded" dockless bik...
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Monday, June 19, 2017

How we get safer crosstown streets

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The killing of Citibike rider Dan Hanegby by a Short Line bus driver on West Twenty-Sixth Street this week highlighted a number of critica...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Long distance coaches should carry bikes

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Someone got a bike on a Chinatown bus. Photo: Craig Lebowitz / Wikimedia. A couple of years ago I was in Penn Station and heard an announ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

A way among the tube socks

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I am not a Bicycle Advocate, and I don't believe that Bikeshare is Transit. But I'm now convinced that the combination of bike share...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Next stop: 34th Street-Hudson River Greenway

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I rode the 7 train to the new 34th Street stop for the first time today. Too late? Well, I figured you all had the opening covered. I wan...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Driving to the walkway

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Among the many crazy things about the new Tappan Zee Bridge, one of the craziest is the way that some environmentalists seem to melt into so...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

When bike paths are not transportation

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I've written before about the capacity of bike paths to move large numbers of people. A dedicated bike path performs this function best...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Why we need a Brooklyn Bridge cycle track

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I remember when you could walk or bike over the Brooklyn Bridge at almost any hour and not feel crowded. Those days are long past: walking ...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Getting around the Meadowlands

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If you've spent enough time in New Jersey, you know that it actually has some really nice, walkable, pretty towns, and some hip urban ne...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Bikeshare budgets, how do they work?

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I can now tell you that I'm a proud Citibike annual member, and I've been enjoying it. The biggest advantage is being able to use a...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Exporting death to Thailand

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Cyclists have been shocked by the death last Wednesday of Mary Thompson and Peter Root in Phanom Sarakham, Thailand. The couple from Guern...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Games people play behind the wheel

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In transportation there is almost always conflict, or at least the potential for conflict. Even on the most deserted road there are times wh...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Cassandra on the street

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I've never been a huge risk-taker, but when I was younger I used to ride bikes and roller skates in traffic, for miles, on a regular bas...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Rebalancing?

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Today, the Urbanophile tweeted a link to a "caution" about bike share from Payton Chung. While I agree that caution is in order,...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Summer Streets: I want more!

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I went to Summer Streets again last week, and again I had a good time. But in addition to my expansion suggestions , there were a few thing...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Money and Summer Streets

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Earlier this month, I made some suggestions of changes to Summer Streets for livable streets activists to fight for. I've got a few mo...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The war for Summer Streets is not over

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This past Saturday I rode my bike in Summer Streets for the fourth year in a row, and it reminded me how much I like riding. I've nev...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Aspirational marketing in black communities

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On Friday I was talking about cycle chic that sends an affirmational message: "You can be just as chic as you are ... on a bike!"...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Listening to the residents of North Williams Avenue

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Yesterday I posted about cycle chic, and I said I would post a response to Elly Blue's tweets about the "tangling" of cycle ch...
Friday, July 22, 2011

The value of cycle chic

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The concept of "cycle chic" has been controversial almost from the moment it started. Libby Maxim, "Biker Chick" of Wes...
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