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Cartoon Tuesday: Outmoded

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2008 | No Comments

From Dick Locher of the Chicago Tribune comes a cartoon complement to Judith Warner’s essay in the New York Times last Friday, declaring that SUVs have outlived any "utility" owners may once have derived from them.

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 […]

Build a Livable Streets Knowledge Base. Contribute to StreetsWiki.

By Ben Fried | Jul 11, 2008 | No Comments

Since we launched the Livable Streets Network one month ago, our community-created reference site, StreetsWiki, has steadily grown. There are now 132 articles contributed and maintained by LSN users. Knowing Streetsblog’s audience, however, there’s a lot of expertise among our readers still waiting to be tapped. Anyone with a Livable Streets account can contribute to […]

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. […]

DC Defends Livable Streets Improvements as WaPo Declares “War”

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2008 | No Comments

In an effort to improve safety and mobility for pedestrians and cyclists, Washington, DC has embarked on a number of livable streets reforms (market rate street parking), and is considering others (reclaiming auto-occupied street space for people). Though a recent article in the Washington Post casts these initiatives as a "war" against car commuters, it’s […]

New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2008 | No Comments

London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee […]

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