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Congestion Pricing Comes to Washington State

By Damien Newton | May 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

Highway 167 In Auburn, WA This weekend Washington State opened its first HOT Lanes on SR-167 just outside of Seattle between the towns of Renton and Auburn. Despite what you might believe given the hysteria over Metro’s HOT Lanes proposal, the world didn’t end, Washington is still a part of the United States and people’s […]

New London Mayor Talks Up Buses and Bikes

By Brad Aaron | May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here’s an interview from last year with London Mayor Boris Johnson, who ousted Ken Livingstone last week. It’s pretty remarkable in that Johnson spends the first eight minutes talking about buses and bikes.

Baltimore Getting Serious about Bikes

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments

Thanks to the announcement that Baltimore will have a Ciclovia, some in the Livable Streets movement already know Baltimore is changing…that there is more to Charm City than is seen in crime dramas such as The Wire or Homicide. A recent visit to Baltimore showed me that the Ciclovia is only one of several bike […]

Automated Underground Bike Parking in Tokyo

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2008 | No Comments

From Japan Probe via Gizmodo comes this video of an automated underground bike garage at a Tokyo commuter train station. For a single-use fee of 100 yen (about $1) or 1,800 yen for a monthly pass, customers roll their bikes onto a platform and use a control panel to have them whisked away to […]

Progressive to Offer “Pay As You Drive” Insurance

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

While other insurance companies belittle those who can’t or don’t drive, another — Progressive — is living up to its name by being the first major US insurer to offer a "Pay As You Drive" policy, allowing customers who drive less to pay less for coverage. As explained in a New York Times "Freakonomics" […]

Can There Ever Be Too Many Bikes?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

Submitted by Eric Britton: Here’s a thought experiment for you. If you and I hate to see lots of parked cars dumped on city streets for which we have other and a lot better uses, should we love it when we see lots of parked bikes? Or might that be a sign of some […]

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