The bike infrastructure of NYC (Photo Gallery)
I think you’ll be simultaneously jealous and appalled.
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Video: Giving NYC’s bikeways the crosstown test
It’s one thing for a city to have a marquee bike project here or there — but it’s another thing entirely to get people across town by bike on a connected network that is legible and safe. During my recent trip to New York City, I had to get to Williamsburg, Brooklyn for a story. … Read more
Step inside an Oonee Pod, New York City’s exciting solution to the bike parking problem
It worked beautifully. And it looked even better.
New Yorkers on Bikes: A photo gallery
Photographing people on their bikes in New York City was an absolute joy.
A visit to the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, a shrine for bicycle activism
If you’re an urban activist (or just an admirer of the work they do), I highly recommend checking this place out.
Dispatch: The unique utility and daunting challenges of biking in New York City
Despite challenges, the Big Apple is an invigorating city to ride in.
TA’s “25 x 25” campaign is an inspiring push for people-centered streets
There’s been a lot of talk in Portland in recent years about the need for transportation reform advocates to take a more intersectional, coalition-oriented approach when pushing for big changes. The NYC 25×25 campaign launched Monday by New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives looks to have set the standard by which all such efforts will … Read more
New York City’s big bus breakthrough
Like their bold reclamation of Broadway Boulevard and Times Square Plaza a decade ago, the New York City Department of Transportation has once again changed the game. They’ve pushed through serious opposition to create bus-only lanes on one of the busiest streets in Manhattan. Neighborhood groups filed a lawsuit to stop the project, claiming spillover … Read more
How New York City advocates are responding to their unsafe streets crisis
Portland has a choice to make. Do we accept status quo or do something to change it?
Q&A: NYC’s legendary street reformer on the ‘new world order’ of urbanism
Janette Sadik-Khan will speak in Portland two days this month.
The Friday Profile: Boris and Melissa Kaganovich, Portland’s merry pranksters of street reinvention
The pair hope to leave Portland with an unfamiliar and powerful insight: sometimes, improvisation works.
Q&A: NYC’s top biking advocate wants you to talk more about death
“The best way to be a successful bike advocate is to be a successful Vision Zero advocate.”
Comment of the Week: What the police say (and don’t say) in crash statements