Urban planning blog Sprawled Out reported this week on a very interesting controversy going on in Saratoga Springs, New York. Cycling or walking to school has been illegal there since 1994, but some parents are challenging the rule: From the Saratogian, via the NRDC blog: SARATOGA SPRINGS — While hundreds of area workers pedaled their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘walking’
Barack Obama’s response letter to Transportation for America
We were sent a link yesterday to the Transportation for America blog via the Streetsblog network, and were very excited to read a letter from President-Elect Obama sent shortly before the election regarding transportation, cycling, and walking infrastructure. Read it yourself here, but below is my favorite part: Everyone benefits if we can leave our [...]
We’re just soooo WACKY!
I found this political advertisement through a posting at Bike Portland and was just astonished. This isn’t just one commercial, either – this incumbent republican house member is also basically saying the same thing in his other ads too. Wow, just wow. By the way, this guy looks like he could really use a little [...]
