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Jason Varone

Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.
jason@varonearts.org

Posts by Jason

• 2008

• Sep 17: Grand Army Plaza, Reinvented 1
• Jun 05: “My Next Vehicle Will Be a Bicycle” 16
• May 13: Cartoon Tuesday: Bike to Work Day 3
• Apr 30: Cartoon Tuesday (Wednesday Edition): This American Lifestyle 3
• Apr 24: Eyes on the Street: Gansevoort Plaza Open for Business (Updated) 36
• Apr 15: Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate 22
• Apr 08: Cartoon Tuesday: Pricing Post-Mortem Edition 14
• Apr 08: Plan B: Reallocating Street Space To Buses, Bikes & Peds 7
• Mar 07: Share Your Experience as a New York Bicycle Commuter 0
• Mar 03: 2008: Year of the Bicycle? 8
• Feb 20: We Are Breathing Oil in Our Big Cities 4
• Feb 14: Drivers Ed. Campaign to Accompany Portland Bike Boxes 3
• Feb 04: Streetfilm: Barnes Dance! 23
• Jan 31: Streetfilm: Transforming NY City Streets 0
• Jan 30: Badda Bing! NYPD “Taking Care of” New Parking Placards 11
• Jan 29: Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the “Green” Airport 9
• Jan 23: You Don’t Ride a Bike to a Corporate Office Building 21
• Jan 22: Streetfilms: Street Star Christine Berthet 1
• Jan 17: Traffic Calming Animation of the Day: The Chicane 15
• Jan 10: Whoa: NYPD Ticketing Bus Lane Violators 28
• Jan 10: StreetFilm: How to Use a Bike Box 23
• Jan 09: A Q&A With Ted Kheel, Free Transit Advocate 42
• Jan 07: StreetFilm: The Street Memorial Project 2
• Jan 02: Is Barack Obama the Livable Streets Candidate? 19
• Jan 02: Sleek Bike Parking Facilities Appear in Queens and Brooklyn 32

• 2007

• Dec 13: NY1 Snap Poll: How to Make NYC Safer For Cyclists? 6
• Dec 06: Today’s Headlines 7
• Dec 05: The Rumble Underfoot at 60th Street 1
• Dec 04: Toronto Cops Pull Over a Pedal-Powered ’86 Buick 10
• Dec 03: Houston Street Gets Tree-mendous New Sidewalks 15
• Nov 30: Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award 1
• Nov 28: The Speed Bump Catapault 9
• Nov 26: New Refuge Islands for Bronx Pedestrians & Bus Riders 9
• Nov 19: StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing 18
• Nov 15: R-E-S-P-E-C-T: DOT to Install Sleek New Bike Parking Shelters 47
• Nov 13: Saturday: MTA to Liven Up Public Hearings 3
• Nov 12: When in Rome, Share Bikes 14
• Nov 12: In Amsterdam Cyclists Always Get the Green Light 2
• Nov 08: Big Builders Explain Why Congestion Pricing is Important 4
• Oct 31: Finally: A Spot to Talk About Parking 0
• Oct 31: The Horror 5
• Oct 30: Philly CarShare Helps City Government Reduce Its Fleet 5
• Oct 30: Brooklyn’s Myrtle Avenue Renaissance 1
• Oct 30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2
• Oct 30: New Bike Lanes and Sharrows Lead to the Brooklyn Bridge 36
• Oct 25: Businessman Hopes to Bring Bikes Back to Beijing 4
• Oct 19: Who Are Anti-Pricing Pols Really Looking Out For? 10
• Oct 18: Cabbie Mistakes East River Park Bike Path for Highway 19
• Oct 18: Traffic Mitigation Commission Public Hearings Announced 0
• Oct 17: Illinois Adopts “Complete Streets” Into Law 8
• Oct 15: The MTA is Testing Battery-Powered Buses 6
• Oct 09: National Media Noticing the Urban Bicycling Trend 2
• Oct 08: The World’s Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9
• Oct 04: A Quiet Velorution is Taking Place 33
• Sep 27: StreetFilms: LOOKing to Make Cycling Safer in NYC 4
• Sep 27: Fifth Avenue Will Get a New Buffered Bike Lane 16
• Sep 26: Variable Pricing at MTA Bridges and Tunnels Would Ease Traffic 8
• Sep 24: How Much Potential Park(ing) Space is There Anyway? 23
• Sep 19: The Black Car Project: Filling the Autovoid 9
• Sep 18: Are East River Bridge Tolls the Better Way to Go? 26
• Sep 13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2
• Sep 10: More Bike-Sharing Photos From Paris 2
• Sep 06: Biking the Mean Streets of L.A. 10
• Sep 05: Dude, Where’s My Bike Lane? 8
• Sep 05: Japanese Automakers Settle Pollution Suit 0
• Sep 04: Take the NYC Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey 0
• Sep 04: A Few Minutes of Parking Permit Abuse With Andy Rooney 1
• Aug 30: Brit’s Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline 2
• Aug 30: Video: The Velib Project 14
• Aug 29: A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees 16
• Aug 27: Congestion Pricing News of the World 4
• Aug 27: New “People’s 311″ Site Maps Street Hazards 5
• Aug 24: Ich bin ein Bicyclist 17
• Aug 23: Make Your Own Subway Advisory 0
• Aug 23: Crowds Heed Amtrak’s ‘All Aboard’ 15
• Aug 23: Delivering the Goods to a Growing New York 7
• Aug 22: Improved DOT Rolls Out Improved Web Site 13
• Aug 21: Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight 0
• Aug 20: Incredible SFPD Training Video: “Bikes Belong in Traffic” 10
• Aug 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7
• Aug 16: Pedicabs Protest New Regulations 9
• Aug 16: City Still Sending Mixed Signals on Bike Parking 1
• Aug 15: In London They Summons Their Own 5
• Aug 15: Car-Free Hours in Prospect Park? Fuhgeddaboutit! 33
• Aug 14: The Cars That Ate New York 0
• Aug 07: What if Terrorists Killed as Many as Die in U.S. Car Crashes? 8
• Jul 27: Dying to Get to Work 11
• Jul 27: Effective Traffic Calming Device: The Frisbee 8
• Jul 25: Americans Vote for Fuel Efficiency. Why Do They Buy Guzzlers? 18
• Jul 23: Safety First? True Once, but U.S. Now Lags in Road Deaths 13
• Jul 20: The World’s First Sustainable Parking Structure 8
• Jul 16: In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages 3
• Jul 16: A French Revolution: This One On Two Wheels, No Guillotine 1
• Jul 13: Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing 13
• Jul 13: Highlights From This Week’s Mobilizing the Region 3
• Jul 13: More Meatpacking Plaza Construction Photos 1
• Jul 11: Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study 41
• Jul 11: “Green” Transport Consultant Bans Employees from Biking 6
• Jul 11: New York City Kids Sing Their Support for Congestion Pricing 3
• Jul 06: Push to Declutter England’s Streets 3
• Jul 06: The Suburbanist Paradox 13
• Jul 03: General Motors Goes Hollywood 9
• Jul 02: Rage on the Bikeway 28
• Jul 02: Berlin’s Bicycle Boom 2
• Jun 29: Go to Car-Free Governors Island 1
• Jun 29: “Triboro RX” Could Provide More Transit Opportunities 20
• Jun 29: Quebec Makes Bold Cycling Statement 3
• Jun 29: O’Donnell Supports PlaNYC, but Congestion Pricing? 5
• Jun 28: Breaking News: 94th Precinct Clipping Bikes on Bedford Ave 25
• Jun 28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2
• Jun 28: David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC 8
• Jun 28: StreetFilms Cyclist of the Month 4
• Jun 27: Finally, Market Rates for Manhattan Street Parking 20
• Jun 27: Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability 3
• Jun 26: Rediscovering the Romance of the Bicycle in Paris 2
• Jun 26: Permanent Pricing Gets Green Light in Sweden 3
• Jun 26: 94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules 63
• Jun 26: Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today 8
• Jun 25: Auto Insurer Creates Traffic Mayhem With Gasoline Give-Away 4
• Jun 25: Open Thread: Congestion Pricing Stalled 18
• Jun 22: New York Made Music 1
• Jun 22: Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network 2
• Jun 22: StreetFilms: Make Music New York 0
• Jun 21: Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter 0
• Jun 21: Shifting Gears at DOT 3
• Jun 21: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing… 3
• Jun 21: Eyes on the Street: Too Little Too Late on the FDR 9
• Jun 19: How Americans Get to Work 5
• Jun 19: File Under: Only in America 1
• Jun 18: David Weprin: The Parking Garage Industry’s Valet? 5
• Jun 18: A Livable Streets Exhibition Opens in Brooklyn 1
• Jun 14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5
• Jun 13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront 13
• Jun 13: Forever Double-Parked on Google’s Memory Lane 0
• Jun 12: New TV Ad Focuses on PlaNYC’s Health Benefits 4
• Jun 12: New Bike Lanes Won’t Leave Room for Escalade Double-Parking! 0
• Jun 12: Rising Gas Prices Hurt Truck Sales 0
• Jun 11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2
• Jun 08: 96th St. Subway Station and Sidewalk Reduction Moving Ahead 3
• Jun 07: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0
• Jun 07: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4
• Jun 06: No Clothes, No Cars, Just Bikes 2
• Jun 06: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell’s Kitchen 4
• Jun 06: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4
• Jun 05: Fantasy Island 6
• Jun 05: NYPD Raid Nets Bikes and Bystanders 32
• Jun 04: Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives 1
• Jun 03: StreetFilms: Bike to Shea 4
• Jun 01: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
• Jun 01: More Bike Lanes for Los Angeles? One Cyclist Says, “No Thanks.” 16
• May 31: Weird Science: Do Helmets Attract Cars to Cyclists? 17
• May 30: LA.Streetsblog: The Joy of Poor Circulation 6
• May 25: NY1′s “Inside City Hall” on Congestion Pricing 1
• May 24: London’s Trafalgar Square Goes Green… Literally. 5
• May 24: Groups Dispute Quinnipiac Poll Findings on Congestion Pricing 7
• May 24: Queens Blogger Runs His Own Commuter Contest 48
• May 24: After Pricing Proposal: Mayor’s Approval at Record High 5
• May 23: In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza 2
• May 23: What Does a “Bike Friendly” City Look Like? 5
• May 21: The Fastest Way to Get to New Jersey 7
• May 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
• May 16: The Clock is Ticking for PlaNYC 1
• May 16: Letter of the Week: Congestion Pricing Diplomacy 11
• May 14: PlanNYC’s Public Political Push Starts Today 1
• May 11: Smoggy China to Observe World Car Free Day 1
• May 11: Swerve and Protect: Boston’s Bicycle Bible 12
• May 10: Where Do New York City Bike Commuters Come From? 17
• May 09: Eyes on the Street: Tillary Street Bike Lane Parking Lot 5
• May 08: Will the Critics Kill Congestion Pricing? 15
• May 07: Eyes on the Street: Five Borough Bike Tour 4
• May 04: Building a Better Bike Lane 31
• May 04: DOT: One-Way Park Slope Proposal is Dead 0
• May 03: Residential Parking Permits Spotted in PlaNYC Documents 5
• May 01: New York Magazine Casts a Cynical Eye on “Bloomtopia” 23
• Apr 30: Who Wants to Drive Into a City That’s Under Water? 0
• Apr 30: Meet the Cloggers 0
• Apr 26: Ken Livingstone on Congestion Pricing in New York 7
• Apr 26: Black Clouds Over China 0
• Apr 25: Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets 0
• Apr 25: PlaNYC: Foster the Market For Renewable Energy 9
• Apr 24: Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock 2
• Apr 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15
• Apr 20: Decongestion in Cities Around the World 1
• Apr 19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn’s Iconic Public Space 7
• Apr 19: Toronto Politician on Bike Lanes and the Future of Cycling 1
• Apr 18: Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands 12
• Apr 17: Queens Residents Oppose Loss of Parking for Bus Rapid Transit 13
• Apr 17: In the East River, Verdant Power Sleeps With the Fishes 14
• Apr 16: He’s on a Road to Nowhere: David Byrne’s Bicycle Stolen 6
• Apr 13: Pedicab Limits: Let the Free Market Decide 4
• Apr 11: Seattle Master Plan Aims to Keep Cyclists Safe 1
• Apr 10: Co-op City Group Wants Bus Rapid Transit to Keep Its Distance 3
• Apr 10: Eyes on the Street: Inspector Yee Tows His Own 9
• Apr 05: Support Builds for Carbon Taxes Over “Cap and Trade” 3
• Mar 30: Why Can’t I Go the Wrong Way on a One Way Street? 0
• Mar 29: StreetFilms: Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza 0
• Mar 28: Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 12
• Mar 28: Bike Club Files First Lawsuit Challenging NYPD “Parade Rules” 7
• Mar 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5
• Mar 27: Mayor Says Toronto Will be North America’s Greenest City 2
• Mar 27: Will “Crazy Technology” Thwart Climate Change? 1
• Mar 27: Sydney Organizes World’s First Climate Change Blackout 1
• Mar 27: A Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour 3
• Mar 26: Streetfilms: George Washington Parked Here 5
• Mar 26: Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes 4
• Mar 23: Google Staff Get On Their Bikes 7
• Mar 23: NYC School Construction and Maintenance Going Green 5
• Mar 22: Ethanol’s Growing List of Enemies 3
• Mar 21: Shanghai Is Back on the Bicycle Bandwagon 3
• Mar 08: “People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems” 4
• Mar 07: $100 for a Year’s Worth of Parking 25
• Mar 07: Ethanol: Feed a Person for a Year or Fill Up an SUV? 7
• Mar 06: Swedish Support for Congestion Charge at All Time High 0
• Mar 06: CO2 from Shipping Twice as Much as Airlines 13
• Mar 02: Emergency Rally for Pedestrian Safety: Sunday, March 4, 3pm: 11
• Mar 01: City Council Passes New Pedicab Regulations 8
• Feb 28: City Council Set To Vote on Pedicabs Today 7
• Feb 28: Schumer & Clinton Backing Upstate NIMBY’s Against Wind Power 8
• Feb 28: Green Collar Jobs for Urban America 0
• Feb 26: NYC on Alert for Motor Vehicle-Based “Noise Terrorism” 4
• Feb 26: European Automakers Are Feeling the Heat 1
• Feb 26: Bloomberg Admin Misses “Golden Opportunity” on Intro. 199 0
• Feb 23: New York Could be a Global Leader in Alternative Energy 6
• Feb 23: Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities 0
• Feb 22: Atlantic Yards Planner: “Space on Streets is Useless Space” 18
• Feb 22: Mayor Livingstone Extends Congestion Charge Westward 6
• Feb 21: The New Jane Jacobs vs. the New Robert Moses? 5
• Feb 21: Job Opening: Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors 0
• Feb 20: Taxing Vehicles Based on Their Environmental Impact 1
• Feb 20: Road Warrior: Los Angeles Edition 10
• Feb 16: Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities Rise in New Jersey 0
• Feb 15: Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat 12
• Feb 14: Hyping the HyperBike 10
• Feb 14: Pedicab Rally in the News 8
• Feb 13: Today’s Rally Against Pedicab Regulations 8
• Feb 13: Paris Approves Plan to Reduce Traffic by 40% by 2020 7
• Feb 12: Cyclists Ride with Pedicabs to Rally at City Hall 0
• Feb 12: Pedaling Protest Takes on Car Show 6
• Feb 12: A Guilty Motorist Turns Himself In 0
• Feb 09: Robert Moses’s Fundamental Misunderstanding 28
• Feb 09: 40,000+ U.S. Buses Are Equipped With Bike Racks. None in NYC. 13
• Feb 08: Cars Conquering the Bicycle Kingdom 3
• Feb 07: Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed “Innovative?” 6
• Feb 07: $100 Fine for Crossing the Street and Talking on the Phone 50
• Feb 06: Paris Set for Invasion of Self-Service Bicycles 14

• 2006

• Dec 18: Holiday Bonus for U.K. Ikea Employees: 9,000 Free Bikes 14
• Nov 29: Hydrogen: Not as Green as it Seems 5
• Nov 29: New Bike Lanes and Markings for the Lower East Side 23
• Nov 15: New Bike Stencils Completed on the Lower East Side 8
• Nov 14: The Idea of Rising Sea Levels is Sinking In 1
• Nov 08: Connecting Urban Design and Public Health 0
• Nov 07: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
• Nov 02: Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons 1
• Nov 02: Immigrant Experience: Transit Pioneers and Cycling Soldiers 0
• Nov 01: Subku 5