Posts Tagged ‘new york city’

As part of the work of New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan  to retake city streets as public space, parts of Time and Herald Squares were closed in the last week to all automobile traffic indefinitely. This is part of an overall plan to reduce traffic by removing cars from Broadway between 42nd [...]

As you may have read in the New York Times or Bike Portland, there was a bike tour featuring 200 bright orange Batavus bikes in NYC  on Thursday. They now have a Flickr slideshow up of the event, which we feature below:

For more on this cool event, which was unfortunately overshadowed in Holland by a [...]

Not to be outdone by yesterday’s announcement about a potentially carfree Market Street in San Francisco, today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Times Square in New York City(!) will be going sans car as well.
In May, the city plans to close Broadway to vehicles between 47th and 42nd streets. The mall will feature cafe tables [...]

State Bicycle Survey Reveals Danger Concerns, Cycling Perceptions, University of Texas
Bicyclists in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are more concerned with being involved in vehicle crashes compared to bicyclists in other Texas cities, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin.
Midtown Bike Center makes “most [...]

Bicycle sales race ahead as city dwellers go green, The Australian
There’s a lot more awareness now about the role that transport plays in our greenhouse gas emissions,” he said. “Being able to use a carbon-free form of transport is something that’s starting to appeal to Australians.
Support Your Local Bike Shop, Bicycle Spokesman
In the current economic [...]

News and interesting stories from the blogs:
Portland Going For 25% Bicycle Mode Share Within 15 Years, San Francisco Bike Blog
Would you mind saying that one more time, please? I could have swore you just said ‘25% Bicycle Mode Share within 15 years,’ but I’m not stupid, and I’m not crazy – yet – but I [...]

I just finished watching this video at Bike Portland and was completely blown away with what New York City has accomplished in a very short time under their new DOT Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan. She’s only been at work as the Commissioner for about a year and a half, but look at what has been accomplished! [...]