The first CaBi bike arrived in DC on July 28, 2010. DDOT was photographing it at the Scottish Rite temple on 16th Street when my friend coincidentally happened by. She took this cell phone image and emailed it to me.
When my work building started allowing tenants to park their bikes inside, at first I was the only one who took advantage. Within weeks, there was a crowd.
Indoor Bike Parking: If you build it, they will come.
For decades, pedestrians crossing Park Ave. between 46th and 56th Street had to fend for themselves without traffic signals as the DoT and Metro-North squabbled over how to install pedestrian signals that did not damage the underlying railway tunnel. Now, three years after announcing a deal with Metro North to end the stalemate, DoT as finally begun installation of the crossing signals. A big win for pedestrians. About time.
Given that the ultimate resolution appears to be that DoT is simply hanging the signals on existing poles, it's a shame they didn't just do it decades ago, instead of fighting fruitlessly with MTA all that time to get dedicated poles ...
For decades, pedestrians crossing Park Ave. between 46th and 56th Street had to fend for themselves without traffic signals as the DoT and Metro-North squabbled over how to install pedestrian signals that did not damage the underlying railway tunnel. Now, three years after announcing a deal with Metro North to end the stalemate, DoT as finally begun installation of the crossing signals. A big win for pedestrians. About time.
Given that the ultimate resolution appears to be that DoT is simply hanging the signals on existing poles, it's a shame they didn't just do it decades ago, instead of fighting fruitlessly with MTA all that time to get dedicated poles ...
For decades, pedestrians crossing Park Ave. between 46th and 56th Street had to fend for themselves without traffic signals as the DoT and Metro-North squabbled over how to install pedestrian signals that did not damage the underlying railway tunnel. Now, three years after announcing a deal with Metro North to end the stalemate, DoT as finally begun installation of the crossing signals. A big win for pedestrians. About time.
Given that the ultimate resolution appears to be that DoT is simply hanging the signals on existing poles, it's a shame they didn't just do it decades ago, instead of fighting fruitlessly with MTA all that time to get dedicated poles ...
For decades, pedestrians crossing Park Ave. between 46th and 56th Street had to fend for themselves without traffic signals as the DoT and Metro-North squabbled over how to install pedestrian signals that did not damage the underlying railway tunnel. Now, three years after announcing a deal with Metro North to end the stalemate, DoT as finally begun installation of the crossing signals. A big win for pedestrians. About time.
Given that the ultimate resolution appears to be that DoT is simply hanging the signals on existing poles, it's a shame they didn't just do it decades ago, instead of fighting fruitlessly with MTA all that time to get dedicated poles ...
For decades, pedestrians crossing Park Ave. between 46th and 56th Street had to fend for themselves without traffic signals as the DoT and Metro-North squabbled over how to install pedestrian signals that did not damage the underlying railway tunnel. Now, three years after announcing a deal with Metro North to end the stalemate, DoT as finally begun installation of the crossing signals. A big win for pedestrians. About time.
Given that the ultimate resolution appears to be that DoT is simply hanging the signals on existing poles, it's a shame they didn't just do it decades ago, instead of fighting fruitlessly with MTA all that time to get dedicated poles ...
Was very happy to see this during my latest visit to New Paltz.
There were several stations around the town; here you see one station located outside a big bar/restaurant, and across the street, another station outside a shopping center.
The project's website is bikesthatheal.org.
This and many of the pedestrian crossing signals around town feature a countdown timer. Nice to see that even in this downtown area where the drivers are quite civilized, pedestrians get this safety consideration and respect.
I'm posting these now because Utah Transit Authority is testing their new Siemens S70 trains (to augment and eventually replace the Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 and the UTDC cars). I wasn't a fan. I much prefer Kinki-Sharyo's light rail trains (as seen in Seattle and Phoenix).
Bicycle riders in Seattle are suing the City of Seattle for not providing enough warnings about streetcar tracks in the South Lake Union neighborhood. They allege the City installed warning signs only after several bike-track crashes.
A sign on Stewart Street in Seattle, Washington, advises bicycle riders to use EXTREME CAUTION when crossing the streetcar tracks. These signs are coming under question in a lawsuit this week.
Read more on my blog, Steven can plan.
This is Ron's solution for getting a 32 foot ladder home from the store.
The store is only about 2 miles away, and the ladder weighs only about 50
pounds, so using a using 4,000 car seems like a particularly inefficient
solution, assuming Ron had actually found vehicle he could use that was capable
of carrying such a long load.
One alternative would have been to have it delivered by truck for $60, adding
20% to the cost. He could have potentially strappped it to the top of a large
truck or van, which could have involved driving to the van location, driving
the van to the store, driving home, driving back to the van the location, and
driving back home again. The time involved in that process could easily take longer
than just riding to the store and back by bike.
By using this Bikes-at-Work trailer,
Ron was able to efficiently accomplish the task and enjoy a nice ride as well.
Since the ladder was not particularly heavy, it didn't require a great amount
of effort to carry it on the trailer.
The Bikes-at-Work comes in three sections. Extra sections can be left at home
if you don't need them, and the axle location can changed to suit the task at hand.
Here we put the axle all the way at the rear of the 8 foot trailer so that it easily
balances the 16 foot load.
I bet you've never seen one of these.
How do you build a bump out (traffic calming device) on a truck route?
You build a mountable curb., Most motorists will avoid running over it, but a large truck will have no issue driving on it.
I didn't know what this was when I first saw it online (before visiting Portland), but as soon as Greg Raisman mentioned this intersection was part of a designated truck route, I knew immediately what it was for.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will set the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets for the Bay Area at its next meeting. This decision will affect policies on transit, smart growth, and livable communities for the next 25 years. Urge your MTC Commissioners to support a higher GHG target and, with it, more livable communities.
Despite the fact that federal regulators pulled the plug on $70 million in stimulus funds from BART’s Oakland Airport Connector project in February citing noncompliance with civil rights rules, the District’s Board of Directors voted today to move full-steam ahead with construction of the 3.1-mile elevated guideway linking a nearby BART station to the airport.
Leandra's Law is working. A startling number of drivers - 248 - have been busted under the new law that makes it a felony to drive drunk in New York with a child younger than 16 in the car.
The Great Race for Clean Air is a friendly competition between Bay Area employers to encourage their employees' use of commute alternatives such as transit, carpooling, vanpooling, walking and bicycling rather than driving solo to work.
Just like that – the region took a quantum leap forward on Saturday in realizing their Gold Line Foothill Extension light-rail-riding dreams. More than 700 residents, elected officials, transportation officials, rail aficionados, and swarms of news media came out to Newcastle Park in Arcadia on Saturday to celebrate what has been (not to be cliche) quite the journey over the last decade.
With 11 days and counting to the big June 26 groundbreaking event, we took to the streets and spent a few afternoons at the Sierra Madre Villa station with the lifeblood of the Gold Line – the loyal riders that span from all across Los Angeles County. From the average businessman who enjoys using his “train time” to finish his work, to a sweet senior who sees the Gold Line as her tool to fight auto pollution, there was one common theme – there is building excitement for the next phase of the line.
If you had followed us over the last six months, we had taken time to talk about the ongoing process to select contractors to build out the first phase of the Foothill Extension. For the procurement process aficionados out there (aka people who like to see firms bid against each other for a services contract), things are getting very real as the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board of Directors is 1.) set to award the winning firm with the contract to build out the Iconic Freeway Structure in early-June and 2.) have already narrowed the list of world-class teams to build out the Phase 2A Alignment down to three: Kiewit Pacific Co/Parsons Transportation Group, Shimmick Construction Company/URS Corporation, and Skanska USA Civil West District/Balfour Beatty USA.
Secrecy Shrouds NYPD's Anti-Terror Camera System In documents describing the multimillion-dollar Ring of Steel surveillance network, the redactions are as revealing.
A perfect illustration that business depends on foot traffic . and a call to reform how much pedestrian space versus car space is protected during construction .
Another aspect of the status quo that must be challenged
June 19, 2010. Save this date. Remember it. Leave post-it notes everywhere, as far as the eye can see. Write it on both palms on your hands. If you’re that forgetful, maybe key it onto the side of your car.
It’s going to be that big.
"I've polluted your air and water, I killed your cities, neighborhoods, farmland, railroads and not to mention – way too much of your time in traffic jams. You've jumped into bed with anti-American terrorist countries for me ... so forget about mass transit and just keep thinking about a hybrid..."
Via Curbed/Racked:
"What you don’t find is people on their way home from work saying hey let’s go drive over to Costco on their way home from work. They don’t do that."
"And people are now far less likely to walk or cycle to work or school as seven out of ten households now have a car compared with three out of ten in the 1960s. "
