A House committee defeated an attempt to mandate federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure Thursday morning. As TN reported earlier this week, the House wants to eliminate so-called transportation “enhancements” that require states to spend up to 10% of surface transportation money on non-highway projects like bike paths or beautification projects. At least two…
The reviews are in on the House transportation bill: “It’s like funding a quit-smoking program by lowering the smoking age to generate more revenue from cigarette taxes.” (USPIRG statement) “It would reverse all the progress we have made in the past 20 years…horrible.” (League of American Bicyclists) “This bill is less about creating jobs and…
When New York rolls out its bike share program in July, ten thousand bikes will be spread across the city. In a place where every inch of space is contested, figuring out where to locate 600 bike share stations is no small task.
In the past, bicyclists wanting to cross Central Park had two legal choices: ride a couple of extra miles around the loop, or use the more direct — but narrow and often dangerous — transverses used by vehicles. Until now. Shortly before New Year’s, the New York City Parks Department and the Central Park Conservancy…
Leaders in Howard County, Maryland, and the unincorporated town of Columbia are trying to figure out whether something that seems to be working quite well in more urban areas can be part of the plan going forward in their neck of the woods — they’re exploring the potential of bike sharing. The two municipalities have…
Texting while walking, says filmmaker Casey Neistat, “may lack the social stigmas of drunk driving or smoking crystal meth, but it can be just as dangerous.” Luckily, there are ways to text on the street and not become the subject of an afterschool special.
Children under 18 account for 43% of car crash victims in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood. But just a few blocks south, in the moneyed Upper East Side, the same age group accounts for less than 15% of neighborhood car crash victims. That’s the conclusion of the new report “Child Crashes: An Unequal Burden”(pdf), released Thursday…
Seems to be grant day for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The feds are handing out $40.8 million for 58 projects giving better transit access to national parks. Among the grantees are the City of San Antonio, which gets $324,000 to expand bike share to connect the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park to the…
SCROLL DOWN FOR TRULY FUNNY VIDEO OF MAYOR “RIDING” TO THE STATE OF THE CITY In his state of the city address today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised to add more protected bike lanes and touted the city’s planned summer launch of North America’s largest bike share program. He also promised to step…
(Billings, MT – YPR) – A Montana school launched a walk/bike to school initiative — even though it’s January. Nicole Chakos is the acting president of the Highland Elementary Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA). She says she was inspired to go ahead with the the winter launch after watching three boys ride their bikes to…
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