Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
Recent Posts
Time-Lapse Scrambling in Toronto
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Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo. Here is a mesmerizing time-lapse video from Spacing Toronto and photoblogger Sam Javanrouh. The clip shows traffic moving through Toronto’s pedestrian scramble — a.k.a. priority crossing, a.k.a. Barnes Dance — installed at Yonge and Dundas Streets last August. There’s no music, so you’ll need your own soundtrack. We suggest […]
Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime
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Last week Freakonomics picked up a story from the Riverfront Times that connects an uptick in shoplifting, fighting and other crimes in the St. Louis suburbs to a two-year-old expansion of the city’s MetroLink rail system. Ask virtually any store manager at the Saint Louis Galleria about shoplifting, and you’ll invariably get two responses: One, […]
Texas Governor Rick Perry Celebrates 18 Lanes of “Freedom”
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Texas officials this week marked the opening of new lanes on the Katy Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs 40 miles west from downtown Houston. The state has added 20 miles of interior lanes, including 12 miles of HOV lanes, which officials say will eventually be converted to variable-rate HOT use. The rebuilt […]
Wiki Wednesday: Zero VMT Vehicles
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In a StreetsWiki entry on zero VMT vehicles, Streetsblog regular gecko proposes that a focus on shifting mode share to human-powered vehicles like bikes and the Aerorider (right) would be the most efficient means to bring necessary reductions in greenhouse gases, and would transform Manhattan, for one, into a bright green paradise. Since it is […]
Cartoon Tuesday: Add it Up
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Related on Streetsblog: The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers Shaping the 2009 Transpo Debate: Rockefeller Foundation’s Nick Turner Nobelist Krugman Joins Call for Federal Transportation Spending Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign Cartoon by Andy Singer
Park, Ride and Wash in Fahrradfreundliche Muenster
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Here are tipster-submitted pics from the bike-and-ride Radstation in Muenster, Germany — where a train depot sits adjacent to a massive bike parking garage, featuring, among other amenities, a bike washing machine. Price per wash: 3.25 Euros (about $4.13 currently, thanks to the leveling exchange rate). We’ve reported before on Germany’s flourishing bike culture, and […]
Wiki Wednesday: Safety in Numbers
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In a StreetsWiki entry on Safety in Numbers, Andy Hamilton points to the theory stating that the more cyclists and pedestrians use the streets, the less likely they are to be injured. It’s an observation advanced by public health consultant Peter Jacobsen, but others have weighed in as well. Traffic engineer and amatuer bicycling expert […]
Portland Water Bureau Launches Bike/Truck Safety Campaign
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Check out this video, via BikePortland.org, on bicycle safety, part of a Portland Water Bureau campaign to reduce truck-cyclist collisions there. Last month, the Water Bureau held a bike safety seminar, which involved cyclists climbing into the cab of a city truck to see (or not see) driver blind spots for themselves. The accompanying vid […]
Wiki Wednesday: Stub Patrol
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Earlier this month "Wikis Take Manhattan" brought in thousands of photos for StreetsWiki and Wikipedia articles. As those shots are matched with their respective entries, we’d like to draw attention to a few StreetsWiki posts that could use fleshing out text-wise: Curb Cuts Street Wall Speed Bumps, Humps, and Cushions Sheridan Expressway Ghost Bikes To […]
If the Candidates Were Trains
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Image: Caroline McCarthy
Wiki Wednesday: Traffic Justice
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The traffic justice movement, as outlined in this week’s featured StreetsWiki entry, may be old hat to many NYC Streetsblog readers. Sadly, it remains as relevant as ever. On the other hand, it is encouraging to know that organizations like the National Center for Bicycling and Walking have programs dedicated to calling attention to the […]
Streetfilms: Contra-Flow Biking in Boulder
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Here’s the first Streetfilm from Clarence Eckerson’s trip to Boulder, Colorado, recent winner of the League of American Bicyclists’ Platinum status designation. This vid shows off a three-block contra-flow bike lane, connecting the Pearl Street pedestrian mall to a greenway network. Where in LA might contra-flow lanes be useful?