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March 2008

3/10: Open Thread: Spitzer Prostitution Scandal 31

February 2008

2/21: The New DOT is Still Using the Old Measuring Stick 10
2/11: London Announces Billion Dollar Bike Plan 18

January 2008

1/30: Would Dems' Pledge for "Change" Bring Transportation Reform? 20
1/29: No Clear Transpo Agenda From GOP Presidential Candidates 8
1/25: Disconnect Between Pols and People at Brooklyn Traffic Hearing 27
1/24: First "Smart" Car Arrives in New York 19
1/18: Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City 5
1/16: Meet the New DOT... Again 6
1/15: If Mayors Ran America ... 7

December 2007

12/13: Is the Mayor Reading Streetsblog on His Bloomberg Terminal? 8

November 2007

11/12: When in Rome, Share Bikes 14
11/12: In Amsterdam Cyclists Always Get the Green Light 2
11/05: TSTC Launches "Mobilizing the Region" Blog 4

October 2007

10/30: Philly CarShare Helps City Government Reduce Its Fleet 5
10/30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2
10/18: Rangers New Center is Happy to Be Back on His Bike 2
10/09: National Media Noticing the Urban Bicycling Trend 2
10/08: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9

September 2007

9/24: How Much Potential Park(ing) Space is There Anyway? 22
9/13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2
9/06: Biking the Mean Streets of L.A. 10
9/05: Japanese Automakers Settle Pollution Suit 0

August 2007

8/30: Brit's Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline 2
8/27: Congestion Pricing News of the World 4
8/24: Ich bin ein Bicyclist 17
8/23: Crowds Heed Amtrak's 'All Aboard' 15
8/15: In London They Summons Their Own 5
8/03: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55

July 2007

7/16: In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages 3
7/16: A French Revolution: This One On Two Wheels, No Guillotine 1
7/13: Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing 13
7/12: Odds and Ends 36
7/11: "Green" Transport Consultant Bans Employees from Biking 6
7/06: Push to Declutter England's Streets 3
7/02: Rage on the Bikeway 28
7/02: Berlin's Bicycle Boom 2

June 2007

6/29: Quebec Makes Bold Cycling Statement 3
6/28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2
6/27: Finally, Market Rates for Manhattan Street Parking 20
6/27: Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability 3
6/26: Rediscovering the Romance of the Bicycle in Paris 2
6/26: Permanent Pricing Gets Green Light in Sweden 3
6/25: Auto Insurer Creates Traffic Mayhem With Gasoline Give-Away 3
6/22: T.A.'s Dani Simons to Join the DOT Dream Team 7
6/22: Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network 2
6/21: Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter 0
6/21: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing... 3
6/19: File Under: Only in America 1
6/18: No Smoking, Typewriters or Fedoras in This "City Room" 5
6/15: Andy Wiley-Schwartz Starts at DOT on Monday 7
6/14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5
6/12: DOT: Bergtraum to CUNY, Primeggia to Copenhagen 5
6/12: Rising Gas Prices Hurt Truck Sales 0
6/11: Jon Orcutt Appointed as DOT Senior Policy Advisor 8
6/11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2
6/11: Another Big Hire at DOT 5
6/06: No Clothes, No Cars, Just Bikes 2

May 2007

5/31: Weird Science: Do Helmets Attract Cars to Cyclists? 16
5/30: The 'Burbs: Extremely Safe or Especially Dangerous? 12
5/29: DOT Hires Bruce Schaller to Run a New Planning Office 9
5/25: NY1's "Inside City Hall" on Congestion Pricing 1
5/25: Streetsblog Publisher Puts up $250K to Push PlaNYC 3
5/24: London's Trafalgar Square Goes Green... Literally. 5
5/24: Groups Dispute Quinnipiac Poll Findings on Congestion Pricing 7
5/24: New Quinnipiac Poll Measures Opinion on Congestion Pricing 6
5/24: After Pricing Proposal: Mayor's Approval at Record High 5
5/11: Smoggy China to Observe World Car Free Day 1
5/04: Building a Better Bike Lane 30

April 2007

4/27: Sadik-Khan Has Two Things Her Predecessors Lacked... 2
4/27: Sadik-Khan Press Conference Coverage 13
4/26: Ken Livingstone on Congestion Pricing in New York 7
4/26: Black Clouds Over China 0
4/24: Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock 2
4/20: Decongestion in Cities Around the World 1
4/19: Toronto Politician on Bike Lanes and the Future of Cycling 1
4/11: Seattle Master Plan Aims to Keep Cyclists Safe 1
4/05: Support Builds for Carbon Taxes Over "Cap and Trade" 3

March 2007

3/27: Mayor Says Toronto Will be North America's Greenest City 2
3/27: Will "Crazy Technology" Thwart Climate Change? 1
3/27: Sydney Organizes World's First Climate Change Blackout 1
3/26: Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes 4
3/23: Google Staff Get On Their Bikes 7
3/23: NYC School Construction and Maintenance Going Green 5
3/22: Ethanol's Growing List of Enemies 3
3/08: "People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems" 4
3/06: Swedish Support for Congestion Charge at All Time High 0
3/06: CO2 from Shipping Twice as Much as Airlines 13

February 2007

2/28: Schumer & Clinton Backing Upstate NIMBY's Against Wind Power 8
2/28: Green Collar Jobs for Urban America 0
2/26: European Automakers Are Feeling the Heat 1
2/23: New York Could be a Global Leader in Alternative Energy 6
2/22: Mayor Livingstone Extends Congestion Charge Westward 6
2/20: Taxing Vehicles Based on Their Environmental Impact 1
2/20: Road Warrior: Los Angeles Edition 10
2/08: Cars Conquering the Bicycle Kingdom 3
2/07: Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed “Innovative?" 6
2/06: Paris Set for Invasion of Self-Service Bicycles 14
2/06: Birth Announcement and Illegal Permit Parking 17
2/06: Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply 18

January 2007

1/18: Livable Streets Apparently Not on the Mayor's '07 Agenda 6
1/12: The Times is a Changin' 22
1/08: Sunday Times City Section Hits Livable Street Trifecta 1

December 2006

12/29: Holiday Headlines 2
12/18: Holiday Bonus for U.K. Ikea Employees: 9,000 Free Bikes 14
12/15: The Week's Links 7
12/15: Sander Picked for MTA Director 8
12/11: Mayor Bloomberg Sustainability Speech Tomorrow 4
12/08: The Week's Links 1

November 2006

11/29: Hydrogen: Not as Green as it Seems 5
11/17: The Week's Links 3