Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Streetfilms: Copenhagen’s Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets

By Elizabeth Press | Dec 14, 2009 | No Comments

Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they’re also absorbing lessons from one of the world’s leading cities in sustainable transportation. In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent […]

McCain & Coburn: Inadvertent Transportation Reformers?

By Elana Schor | Dec 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) are no fans of dedicated federal spending on cleaner transportation. From bike and pedestrian safety to local transit funds, the duo has made a habit of attacking non-road projects as wasteful "pork." Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (Composite Photo: City-Data.com) And yesterday was no exception, as McCain and […]

Cities for Cycling Launches With Blumenauer, Sadik-Khan, Byrne

By Elana Schor | Dec 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Addressing a packed house in Washington last night, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus, posed a Zen-like ‘universalist cyclist question’. (Photo: Cities for Cycling) "How many people, right now," he asked, "are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?" The quip got a […]

Senate Health Bill Holds Onto Grants For Healthier Transportation

By Elana Schor | Nov 20, 2009 | No Comments

Back in June, when the Senate was in the early stages of its marathon health care reform debate, several Republicans blasted the proposed legislation for including a grant program aimed at encouraging construction of local infrastructure to promote healthier movement. The new Senate health bill held onto a billion-dollar grant program to promote walking to […]

Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit

By Elana Schor | Nov 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

When it comes to infrastructure improvements that encourage more people to walk or bicycle to transit stations, how long will commuters be willing to travel? The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has officially answered that question, proposing a significant expansion of the rules governing how close bike-ped projects should be to transit in order to receive […]

Streetfilms: Blumenauer Bikes New York City

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2009 | No Comments

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is one of Capitol Hill’s strongest voices for walking, biking and transit. Soon after arriving in Congress in 1996, he started the Congressional Bike Caucus, now more than 160 members strong, and he’s the founding chairman of the House’s new "Livable Communities Task Force," which he announced two weeks ago here […]

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