http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/09/streetfilms-inspires-boulder-to-paint-some-streets/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/09/streetfilms-inspires-boulder-to-paint-some-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-133071 Clarence Eckerson Jr. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:45:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=62471#comment-133071 Don't know where in my post I wrote that NYC wasn't already doing that. And although improving bicycling is near the top of my desires, transit is very important so my comment isn't just meant to focus on bicycles. The truth is if many small cities were doing what Boulder is doing with nearly half spent on those modes, we would be fixing alot of problems hands down. Maybe not all of them, but I stand by that statement any day. Don’t know where in my post I wrote that NYC wasn’t already doing that. And although improving bicycling is near the top of my desires, transit is very important so my comment isn’t just meant to focus on bicycles. The truth is if many small cities were doing what Boulder is doing with nearly half spent on those modes, we would be fixing alot of problems hands down. Maybe not all of them, but I stand by that statement any day.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/09/streetfilms-inspires-boulder-to-paint-some-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-133011 Bouldus Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:39:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=62471#comment-133011 Well Clarence if public spending is your yardstick look no further. More than half of transportation spending in New York City is for transit, pedestrians and bicycles. Just like Boulder, by far the biggest share is for public transit. You can't measure a commitment to bicycling by looking at public spending because bicycle infrastructure is cheap. That's even true when it comes to big ticket bike paths on bridges, since paths on bridges add very little to the cost of building a new bridge or reconstructing an old one. Well Clarence if public spending is your yardstick look no further. More than half of transportation spending in New York City is for transit, pedestrians and bicycles. Just like Boulder, by far the biggest share is for public transit. You can’t measure a commitment to bicycling by looking at public spending because bicycle infrastructure is cheap. That’s even true when it comes to big ticket bike paths on bridges, since paths on bridges add very little to the cost of building a new bridge or reconstructing an old one.

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