Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

More on Rep. Patrick McHenry

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

Grist’s Dave Roberts provides some more background on Rep. Patrick McHenry, the North Carolina Republican Congressman who ridiculed bicycling as a "19th century solution" during debate over the "Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007." The House bill, which passed on Aug. 4, included a $20/month tax break for bike commuters: That was […]

Kids Demand Respect in the Streets of Brooklyn

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 20, 2007 | 5 Comments

A rendering of a mural proposed for Butler St. and Third Ave., one block from the Brooklyn intersection where a 4-year-old boy was killed by the driver of a Hummer in February. "A lot of drivers are driving recklessly and not seeing people as people," said 18-year-old Mike. He was one of a group of […]

NYC’s Greenest Building Cracks Down on Bikes (Updated)

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2007 | 32 Comments

The Solaire building in Battery Park City bills itself as "America’s first environmentally advanced residential tower." Here is a letter that building management just sent to all tenants: It has been brought to the attention of Building Management with increasing frequency that some tenants are using Public Corridors as storage for bicycles. As well as […]

Ninth Street Earns Its Stripes

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 19 Comments

The debate is over, and as of today the Ninth St. bike lanes are swiftly becoming a reality. Photo: Courtesy Zoe Ryder White

Bike-Sharing in New York: Could It Happen Here?

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 6 Comments

A bike-share station in Lyon, France It was a vacation in Paris a couple of months ago that gave David Haskell, executive director of the Forum for Urban Design, the idea. Haskell was so impressed by the preparations the French capital is making for its massive municipal bike-sharing program that he decided he had to […]

A Rising Bicycle Tide in Mexico City

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 4 Comments

Back in April, Marcelo Ebrad, the mayor of Mexico City, announced he wanted those who worked in his administration to ride bicycles to work one day a month (at right, Ebrard, center, kicks off the program). Many were shocked at the idea, or simply laughed it off. But this excellent article in the San Diego […]

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