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Reduced Congestion is Good for Drivers
I don’t know what’s most strange about this Matt DeBord post on Felix Salmon’s congestion pricing piece in Wired, his insistence on making every policy discussion into a tribal battle between Team Car and everyone else, his bizarre suggestion that drivers have no problem with congestion, or the ludicrously hyperbolic assertion that...[read more]
Blumenauer on a bike, talking bikes and cities
Many thanks to the always fun and informative Streetfilms for capturing US Representative Earl Blumenauer's (D-OR) visit last fall with New York City's Transportation Alternatives. For much of the conversation, he's on a bike. Enjoy: Clarence Erikson writes on the Streetflms site, "It's not everyday that you get to...[read more]
Hi, I’m Kaid, proud to be an “avid cyclist”
Amazingly, there are some well-meaning transportation advocates who would like the phrase “avid cyclist” banned from the lexicon. Their argument goes something like, “this phrase marginalizes all who bicycle and causes people in policy positions to discount cycling as a ‘normal,’ utilitarian activity.” Huh? The...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”
“I agree I think that the nature of human interaction and involvement depends on the nature of the actual facility itself. Getting people in and around fossil fuel burning power plants is seen as a security risk, but that still leaves many components of our infrastructure that could benefit from being noticed (and that citizens could benefit from noticing). I think of examples like John ...”