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.
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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.”
Five ideas from NYC’s ‘Vision Zero’ plan that Portland could steal
Cutting Portland street fatalities is likely to require some help from the police. Will that happen in Portland?
As CitiBike launches, what’s next for Portland’s Alta Bicycle Share?
Alta Bicycle Share just enjoyed its biggest launch yet, kicking off a 6,000-bike deal worth tens of millions of dollars over the next few years. And 2013 is only going to get more interesting.
The Monday Roundup: NYC’s CitiBike and more
Let’s start the week off with the national bike news that caught our eyes lately.
A ride down Broadway and taking in Times Square
The new view of Broadway north of Times Square.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Video of the Week: Scenes from a New York City bike lane
Just finished watching My Commuted Commute, a video that I think everyone should spend five minutes to check out. A woman from New York City, Rachel Brown, shot helmet cam footage and offers commentary about what it’s like to ride in one of the new, green-painted, curbside bike lanes. For all the positive buzz NYC … Read more