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October 2009
Wed 14: Are We Smarter Than a Third Grader? On Livable Streets, Maybe Not. 2
September 2009
Wed 23: Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento 13
Thu 3: Key West: Florida's Livable Streets Oasis 12
August 2009
Thu 6: Update From NC: Shooting a Cyclist in the Head Is Not Attempted Murder 27
July 2009
Fri 31: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths? Stop Letting Their Killers Walk. 17
Tue 28: Always Wear a Bullet-Proof Helmet 16
Wed 15: Inspired by Streetfilms, Ciclovia Comes to Roanoke, VA 2
May 2009
Tue 5: Streetfilms Inspires New Jersey "Traffic Safety Quilt" 1
March 2009
Fri 27: Whither the MTA: Beyond the Failed Stopgap 14
November 2008
Tue 4: Big Day for Transportation Ballot Initiatives 6
September 2008
Mon 29: Memo to MTV: "Pimp My Bike" = Ratings Gold 5
July 2008
Fri 25: Britain: Where Politicians Love to Pedal 12
Thu 24: Wanted: A Progressive DOT Director for Washington D.C. 8
Wed 16: Crips and Bloods Feeling the Pinch of Rising Gas Prices? 2
Tue 15: French Trains Turn $1.75B Profit, Leave American Rail in the Dust 53
Mon 14: Cleveland's Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit 8
Thu 10: Big Companies Bringing Bike-Share to Small Cities 2
Wed 9: DC Defends Livable Streets Improvements as WaPo Declares "War" 10
Wed 9: New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge 4
Tue 8: Bike Commuters Clean Up and Lock Up in Brisbane, Australia 9
Wed 2: Contented Streets: Why Copenhagen Is the World's Happiest Capital 12
Wed 2: You Can Drive Over a Child, But Don't Drive Away After 12
June 2008
Mon 30: ¡Arriba Sevilla! 9
Fri 27: Streetfilms: Return of Bike Box! 9
Wed 25: Streetfilms: Portland's Sunday Parkways 7
Fri 20: Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail 17
Thu 19: Use Your Illusion II: Virtual Speed Humps Coming to Philly 15
Thu 19: Streetfilms: Depaving Day in Portland 13
Wed 18: Carfree Cities Conference Kicks Off in Portland 4
Tue 10: America (Or 1,800 Miles of It) Through the Windshield 1
Mon 9: Feed the Meters, Feed the Homeless 8
May 2008
Wed 28: Defying Media Spin, Poll Shows Public Support for Delhi BRT 3
Thu 22: The Latest Innovation From Paris: Cargocycles 14
Thu 22: Portland Elects Cyclist Mayor; Obama Draws 8,000 on Bikes 14
Mon 19: Streetfilms: Biking to Work, From Coast to Coast 1
Thu 15: L.A. Freeway Cyclists Ride Again 11
Tue 13: Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India 10
Thu 8: How Happy Are Parisians With Vélib? 8
Tue 6: Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne 17
Tue 6: San Francisco Launches Ambitious Parking Reform Program 9
Mon 5: Baltimore Getting Serious About Bikes 2
Mon 5: New London Mayor Talks Up Buses and Bikes (Updated) 6
Fri 2: The Stupidest Bike Lane in America, Part 2 5
Fri 2: Third Term for Livingstone Looks Unlikely (Updated) 28
Fri 2: Jersey High School Students Protest Anti-Bike Policy 65
April 2008
Tue 29: Chicago Gets NYC's Congestion Pricing Money 19
Thu 24: Streetfilm: Paris Skates! 3
Thu 24: Paco Abraham Turns Duane Reade on to Bike Racks 16
Wed 23: Cyclists Zip Down Clogged LA Freeways 14
Tue 22: How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing 30
Mon 21: Automated Underground Bike Parking in Tokyo 18
Thu 17: Can There Ever Be Too Many Bikes? 23
Tue 15: Après Congestion Pricing, It's Time to Look at the Paris Model 19
Fri 11: Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A. 3
Thu 10: If You Build It With Less Parking, They Will Still Come 16
Thu 10: Today the Périphérique. Tomorrow the FDR. 3
Wed 9: Finally, Parking Meters Where Bikes Belong 6
March 2008
Wed 26: Streetfilms: "Lounging on High" in Wodonga, Australia 2
Tue 25: Eyes on the Street: Portland Bike Boxes 8
Mon 17: StreetFilm: Traffic Calming Done Right in Melbourne 10
Fri 14: DC to Devote Parking Fees to Livable Streets 3
Thu 13: In Istanbul, a Burgeoning Livable Streets Movement 2
Thu 6: Bike Network 2.0 17
Wed 5: "Better Transit Bake Sale" to Raise $5.65 Billion to Fund Mass Transit 1
Wed 5: The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias 15
Wed 5: Earl Blumenauer Kicks Off 2008 Bike Summit 5
Wed 5: Iowa's Senator Harkin Introduces "Complete Streets Act" 11
Tue 4: Council Members Want "Blatantly Unfair" Toll Credit Corrected 56
Tue 4: Union Campaign Calls for Mary Peters' Ouster 0
Mon 3: Young Japanese Just Say No to Cars 3
Sat 1: RPA Regional Assembly: Oil and Water: Adapting to Scarcity 1
February 2008
Tue 26: StreetFilm: The Street Life of Havana 40
Thu 14: Drivers Ed. Campaign to Accompany Portland Bike Boxes 3
Tue 12: London Imposes $50 Guzzler Fee on SUVs and Lux Roadsters 12
Mon 11: London Announces Billion Dollar Bike Plan 18
Thu 7: Refused by His City, Man Jailed for Painting a Crosswalk 31
Thu 7: Tale of Two Cities: Bicycling in Chicago and Los Angeles 5
Mon 4: Eyes on the Street: Parking Density in Toronto 11
January 2008
Mon 28: Streetfilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá 64
Thu 24: "Carfree Cities" Conference Comes to Portland 1
Wed 23: On the Front Lines With "Parking Wars" 10
Tue 22: Masdar: Arabic for Chutzpah? 54
Fri 18: Are Bikes the Secret to Danish Bliss? 4
Tue 15: If Mayors Ran America ... 7
Tue 15: The Battle for Britain's Roads 9
Tue 15: Bikes Outsell Cars Down Under 10
Mon 14: Nano Technology 10
Mon 7: When It Comes to Auto Supremacy, No Island Is an Island 12
Thu 3: Kitty Justice: The Thai Solution for Police Parking Placard Abuse 3
December 2007
Mon 10: This Holiday Season London's Streets Are "Absolutely Jammed" 26
Tue 4: Toronto Cops Pull Over a Pedal-Powered '86 Buick 10
Mon 3: Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia 36
November 2007
Fri 30: Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award 1
Wed 28: The Speed Bump Catapault 9
Mon 19: Alan Durning's "Year of Living Carlessly" and "Bicycle Neglect" 2
Mon 12: When in Rome, Share Bikes 14
Mon 12: In Amsterdam Cyclists Always Get the Green Light 2
Fri 9: Pedestrians Fight Back in Athens, Greece 4
October 2007
Wed 31: The Horror 5
Tue 30: Philly CarShare Helps City Government Reduce Its Fleet 5
Tue 30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2
Mon 29: The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will 33
Thu 25: Businessman Hopes to Bring Bikes Back to Beijing 4
Thu 25: Pricing Hearings Begin With Away Double-Header 6
Mon 22: Bogotá's Peñalosa Talks Up Livable Streets, Sans Spandex 3
Wed 17: Illinois Adopts "Complete Streets" Into Law 8
Mon 15: Indianapolis Paves the Way for Bikes and Pedestrians 26
Thu 11: In Platinum City Even the Munchkins Ride Bikes 5
Wed 10: Kunstler: Parking Plans Are Based on "Faulty Assumptions" 22
Mon 8: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9
September 2007
Fri 28: Portland Sees Explosive Growth in Bicycling 21
Thu 27: More Park(ing) Day: San Fran Rolls Out the Parkcycle 15
Mon 24: If Cyclists Think They've Got it Bad in NYC, Check Out L.A. 8
Mon 17: DC Could Mandate Bike Parking, Sort Of 9
Mon 17: Judge in Vermont Upholds California Emissions Standards 7
Fri 14: German Town Chooses Human Interaction Over Traffic Signals 8
Fri 14: Parking Enforcement is the Killer App 5
Thu 13: A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under 2
Wed 12: DOT Launches Gehl Street Survey Project 12
Tue 11: Parking Revenue Declining, London Borough Lures Back Drivers 7
Mon 10: More Bike-Sharing Photos From Paris 2
Thu 6: Biking the Mean Streets of L.A. 10
Wed 5: Dude, Where's My Bike Lane? 8
Wed 5: Japanese Automakers Settle Pollution Suit 0
Tue 4: Infinite Jest 4
August 2007
Fri 31: Happy Labor Day Weekend 6
Thu 30: Brit's Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline 2
Thu 30: Video: The Velib Project 14
Wed 29: Trek: A Bike Maker Flexes Some Advocacy Muscle 5
Wed 29: Casino-Jamming in the Catskills 5
Mon 27: Congestion Pricing News of the World 4
Fri 24: Ich bin ein Bicyclist 17
Fri 24: Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up 1
Thu 23: Remainder of Federal Pot Goes to Toll Plans 6
Thu 23: Transit-Oriented America, Part 4: The Trains 14
Wed 22: Streetsblog Commenter Published in Boston Globe 3
Wed 22: Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities 30
Tue 21: Transit-Oriented America, Part 2: Three Cities 13
Mon 20: Incredible SFPD Training Video: "Bikes Belong in Traffic" 10
Mon 20: Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles 44
Fri 17: For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure: Portland! 11
Thu 16: London Reaps Pricing Benefits 4
Wed 15: In London They Summons Their Own 5
Mon 13: More on Rep. Patrick McHenry 3
Thu 9: Congressman Ridicules Bikes as "19th Century Solution" 79
Fri 3: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55
Thu 2: Melbourne, Australia After a Decade of Focus on Public Spaces 12
Thu 2: Famed Danish Urbanist Jan Gehl in Town to Consult on PlaNYC 8
Wed 1: Congestion Pricing Returns to Stockholm 5
July 2007
Fri 27: Bike Parking on Steroids 23
Fri 27: Effective Traffic Calming Device: The Frisbee 8
Thu 26: French Revolution 18
Wed 25: Accidents Halved As Street is Stripped of 'Safety' Features 13
Wed 25: Welcome to Davis, California: A Bicycle Friendly Town 3
Tue 24: Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene 11
Fri 20: The World's First Sustainable Parking Structure 8
Thu 19: Aparkalypse Now in San Francisco 3
Wed 18: Bike-Sharing in Berlin 8
Wed 18: The London Model is Dead. Time to Look at Paris. 13
Mon 16: Park(ing) Day is Coming 27
Mon 16: In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages 3
Mon 16: A French Revolution: This One On Two Wheels, No Guillotine 1
Wed 11: London Releases Its Fifth Annual Congestion Pricing Study 2
Wed 11: "Green" Transport Consultant Bans Employees from Biking 6
Fri 6: Push to Declutter England's Streets 3
Fri 6: 17 Reasons to Make Transit Free 6
Thu 5: A Rising Bicycle Tide in Mexico City 4
Tue 3: Good Stuff in This Week's Mobilizing the Region 7
Mon 2: Rage on the Bikeway 28
Mon 2: Berlin's Bicycle Boom 2
June 2007
Fri 29: Quebec Makes Bold Cycling Statement 3
Thu 28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2
Tue 26: Rediscovering the Romance of the Bicycle in Paris 2
Tue 26: Permanent Pricing Gets Green Light in Sweden 3
Mon 25: Auto Insurer Creates Traffic Mayhem With Gasoline Give-Away 3
Fri 22: Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network 2
Thu 21: StreetFilms: A London Driver Discusses Congestion Pricing 2
Tue 19: File Under: Only in America 1
Mon 18: Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is "Normal" [in London] 0
Thu 14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5
Wed 13: Man "Tasered" and Arrested for Leaving Airport by Bike 4
Mon 11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2
Thu 7: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0
Wed 6: No Clothes, No Cars, Just Bikes 2
Wed 6: Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready? 15
Mon 4: London Finds "No Adverse Impact" Outside Charging Zone 1
Fri 1: More Bike Lanes for Los Angeles? One Cyclist Says, "No Thanks." 16
May 2007
Thu 31: Transport for London: You're Better Off by Bike 3
Wed 30: Streetfilms: Turning Streets Into Community Spaces 11
Wed 30: LA.Streetsblog: The Joy of Poor Circulation 6
Fri 25: A Portland Neighborhood Reclaims its Streets 2
Thu 24: London's Trafalgar Square Goes Green... Literally. 5
Tue 22: On San Fran's Market Street Bikes Outnumber Cars for a Day 10
Fri 18: John Liu Says He Supports Congestion Pricing 38
Thu 17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20
Mon 14: StreetFilms: Secure Bike Parking for Pennies per Hour 23
Fri 11: Smoggy China to Observe World Car Free Day 1
Fri 11: Swerve and Protect: Boston's Bicycle Bible 12
Thu 10: High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London 4
Tue 8: StreetFilms: Berkeley's Bikestation 16
Mon 7: Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling 1
Fri 4: Building a Better Bike Lane 30
Thu 3: The Benefits of a "Road Diet." 1
Thu 3: Londoners Take to the Streets -- on Cycles 4
April 2007
Fri 27: Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London 1
Fri 27: Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring? 5
Thu 26: Ken Livingstone on Congestion Pricing in New York 7
Thu 26: Black Clouds Over China 0
Tue 24: Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock 2
Sat 21: StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley 0
Fri 20: Decongestion in Cities Around the World 1
Thu 19: Toronto Politician on Bike Lanes and the Future of Cycling 1
Wed 18: Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands 11
Fri 13: Find Yourself a City to Live In 8
Wed 11: Seattle Master Plan Aims to Keep Cyclists Safe 1
Mon 9: Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better 8
Thu 5: Support Builds for Carbon Taxes Over "Cap and Trade" 3
Tue 3: Mexico City 2030? 2
March 2007
Fri 30: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? 1
Wed 28: An English Plan in New York 3
Tue 27: Mayor Says Toronto Will be North America's Greenest City 2
Tue 27: Sydney Organizes World's First Climate Change Blackout 1
Mon 26: Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes 4
Fri 23: Google Staff Get On Their Bikes 7
Wed 21: Congestion Pricing: Does New York Have the Will? 18
Wed 21: Shanghai Is Back on the Bicycle Bandwagon 3
Wed 14: Defending "The Bailey's" Right to Kung Pao Chicken and an SUV 9
Thu 8: "People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems" 4
Tue 6: Swedish Support for Congestion Charge at All Time High 0
February 2007
Wed 28: Green Collar Jobs for Urban America 0
Mon 26: European Automakers Are Feeling the Heat 1
Fri 23: Streetfilms: Intersection Intervention 1
Fri 23: The Times Applauds Cycling... The Times of London, That Is. 7
Thu 22: The "Speed Lump." Not a Typo. It's Inexpensive Traffic Calming. 6
Thu 22: Mayor Livingstone Extends Congestion Charge Westward 6
Wed 21: Job Opening: Mayor Daley's Bicycling Ambassadors 0
Tue 20: Taxing Vehicles Based on Their Environmental Impact 1
Tue 20: Road Warrior: Los Angeles Edition 10
Fri 16: Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities Rise in New Jersey 0
Mon 12: Pedaling Protest Takes on Car Show 6
Mon 12: Unintended Consequences of Paris's Traffic-Reduction Policies 4
Thu 8: Cars Conquering the Bicycle Kingdom 3
Tue 6: Paris Set for Invasion of Self-Service Bicycles 14
January 2007
Mon 29: New York City 2030. London Today. 2
Wed 24: StreetFilms: Berkeley's Bike Boulevards 7
Wed 24: Don't Ask Me About My Hummer 1
Tue 23: The Known Unknowns of New York City's Streets 4
Tue 23: UK Carbon-Reduction Activists in a Quiet "Riot for Austerity" 9
Thu 18: New Congestion Pricing Poll in Line With London & Stockholm 19
Wed 17: Homemade Traffic Calming in Mexico's Yucatan 13
Wed 17: Traffic Signals Timed for Bicycling 13
Mon 15: Reverse Graffiti 6
Thu 11: Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices 11
Wed 10: Playable Streets 3
Tue 9: Wheels: The New York Times' New Auto Blog 11
Mon 8: A Tale of Two Cities' Parking Policies 6
Fri 5: Where the Sidewalk Ends: Dubai 11
December 2006
Fri 22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2
Wed 20: Streetfilms: On-Street Bicycle Parking, Portland 9
Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
Mon 18: Holiday Bonus for U.K. Ikea Employees: 9,000 Free Bikes 14
Mon 11: Beijing Bike Bully Forced to Apologize on TV 3
Fri 8: Seoul's New Heart 10
Fri 8: Chicago: A City Whose Mayor Cares About Bicycling 12
Wed 6: Bollard Porn 29
Tue 5: File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London 7
Fri 1: Sidewalk Parking Opponents Gain Ground in . . . Where? 10
November 2006
Wed 29: Hydrogen: Not as Green as it Seems 5
Tue 28: Dutch Wheelchair 4
Wed 22: Happy Holiday 1
Tue 21: Speed Hump 1
Mon 20: Electrification of the Region's Rail 15
Fri 17: Transit-Oriented Development in Jersey City 7
Thu 16: A Streetsblog Reader Wins Traffic Calming Improvements 6
Wed 15: Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London 18
Mon 13: London's Cycling Design Standards: A Model for NYC? 11
Fri 10: T is for Transit-Oriented Development 61
Tue 7: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
Mon 6: Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps 23
Fri 3: Streetfilms Portland Week: Safe Routes to School 6
Thu 2: Streetfilms Portland Week: Older Adults Bicycle Program 1
Thu 2: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5
Wed 1: Streetfilms Portland Week: The High-Tech Bike Signal 8
Wed 1: San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets 5
Wed 1: Eyes on the Street: Portland 1
October 2006
Tue 31: Streetfilms: Portland's Festival Streets 1
Tue 31: Streetfilms Portland Week: Bicycle Boulevards 11
Fri 27: Foreign Correspondent: Bogotá's Lack of "Vibrancy" 5
Fri 20: Rumor Confirmed 1
Mon 9: Stockholm: Congestion Charging is Likely to Continue 15
Fri 6: Eyes on the Street: Amsterdam 6
Fri 6: International Walk and Bike to School Day: Portland 1
Thu 5: Eyes on the Street: German Bike Parking 14
Wed 4: Notes on Bicycling in Copenhagen 18
Tue 3: Copenhagen: Texture 0
Tue 3: Danish Bike Cargo 12
September 2006
Fri 29: Blogging From Copenhagen 3
Thu 28: Learning From a Streets Renaissance in Hong Kong 9
Thu 28: Eyes on the Street: Bicoastal Streetcars 24
Wed 27: Another Model: Berkeley's Bicycle Boulevard Network 12
Mon 25: More Park(ing) Photos From San Fran 1
Mon 25: Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco 0
Wed 20: State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change 4
Tue 19: Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging 3
Mon 18: Beaten 9/11 Firefighter is Road Rage Victim 2
Mon 18: Stockholm Voters OK Congestion Charging 3
Thu 14: U.K. Study Finds Wearing a Bike Helmet May be More Dangerous 8
Mon 11: Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown 0
Fri 8: Sound Familiar? 3
August 2006
Wed 23: Pedestrian Safety Competition at the Jersey Shore 1
Tue 22: California SUV Ban Hidden in Plain Sight 11
Tue 15: Travel Tips for the Plutocracy 0
Fri 11: Guess-the-Suburb Winner Is: Matt 5
Fri 11: Traffic Continues to Disappear in Paris 2
Thu 10: European Vacation 3
Thu 10: Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar 4
Thu 10: Congestion Pricing on Hold, Traffic Returns to Stockholm 1
June 2006
Thu 29: Other Cities' Mayors on Bicycling 4
Tue 13: Pedestrian-Only Fifth Avenue: Tonight, a Three Hour Test 0