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Councilman Tom LaBonge Talks Bikes and His Recent Trip to Europe

By Damien Newton | Jul 22, 2008 | 15 Comments

(Last Friday before the City Council Meeting, City Councilman Tom LaBonge sat down with Streetsblog to discuss some of the things he noticed on a recent trip to Europe and what Los Angeles can do to make the city a better place for cyclists. You can leave feedback here, or join LaBonge and myself tomorrow […]

Happy Birthday, Vélib

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 16, 2008 | No Comments

Here’s another transportation policy success story from France. The Vélib bike-sharing system celebrates its one-year anniversary today. In April, Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press was in Paris to learn more about it. Here is her video and report: On July 15, 2007 Paris debuted the world’s largest self-service "bicycle transit system" called Vélib outdoing previously designed bike […]

French Trains Turn $1.75B Profit, Leave American Rail in the Dust

By Ben Fried | Jul 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Guardian reports that SNCF, France’s national rail company, is taking advantage of a boom in ridership to make aggressive plans for expansion. While SNCF positions itself to help ease the impact of high fuel prices on the French public, what are American leaders preparing to do? Drilling offshore and taking a few hits from […]

Cleveland’s Health Line Setting a National Example for Bus Rapid Transit

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2008 | 14 Comments

The Tribune reports that the Chicago Transit Authority is studying Cleveland’s new Bus Rapid Transit service, called the Health Line, as it prepares to launch its own BRT lines next year. Four miles of the Health Line are currently operational along Euclid Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare that was once packed with streetcars, buses and […]

Should the Rules of the Road Be Amended for Cyclists?

By Ben Fried | Jul 14, 2008 | 6 Comments

Via Carectomy, a San Francisco CBS affiliate reports that the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission is considering whether to revise the rules of the road to better accommodate cyclists. The changes would make it legal for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, and stoplights as stop signs. Somewhat surprisingly, the Carectomy commentary comes […]

Big Companies Bringing Bike-Share to Small Cities

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2008 | No Comments

As metropolises like New York and Philadelphia consider the benefits of bike sharing, and with Washington DC already off and riding, smaller cities are getting in on the action as well, often through the initiative of major local employers. Last year, health care giant Humana started a bike-share for employees at its Louisville, Kentucky headquarters. […]

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