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“"Anyone on this board bike to work? No? Then it doesn't benefit us, so it serves no purpose."”
– Larry Littlefield In response to "Queens CB1 Chair: Secure Bike Parking Serves "No Purpose""


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Dispute Over Kent Avenue Bike Lanes Keeps Rolling
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The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 4
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Portland's Safer Streets: How Do They Do It?
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"OK, so Alan Gerson’s late-December proposal seems to be out in left field, and we’re going to have to do a little work to put it back in its doghouse - not that the..." - J. Mork said:
"Well, t, her name is Fabricant after all." - oscar said:
"honestly, what can be done to change this? im so sick of hearing how broken albany is, and how shelly silver has all this power, but they keep electing the scumbag back in" - t said:
"It’s funny how one of the comments repeats the old canard that bikes are more of a threat to pedestrians than cars. Absolutely zero stats to back that up. In fact, quite the opposite..." - Joan said:
"Belated thanks and “aw shucks” - because the credit for our advocacy work on transportation equity truly belongs to the stalwart members of COMMUTE!..."
Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy
February 18, 2008Same.gov: A Transportation Secretary Who’s Hard to Believe In
December 18, 2008Shaping the 2009 Transpo Debate: Rockefeller Foundation’s Nick Turner
October 23, 2008The Livable Streets Backlash Claims a Victim at Brooklyn’s CB1
December 24, 2008Streetfilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá
January 28, 2008How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing
April 22, 2008Streetfilms: “Lounging on High” in Wodonga, Australia
March 26, 2008The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 3
December 31, 2008Portland’s Safer Streets: How Do They Do It?
January 6, 2009
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Streetfilms Featured Video

- Boulder Goes Bike Platinum
- This fall Boulder, Colorado became the nation's third platinum bike city. Check out this video to see why.

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January 5, 2009
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Special Feature
SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1,353 Page Enviro Review
by Matthew Roth
Two-and-a-half years after a judge issued an injunction preventing the city from adding any new bicycle infrastructure to its streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the San Francisco Planning Department have released a 1353-page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. At a cost of more than $1 million, the city has attempted to demonstrate in excruciating detail what would seem to be obvious: better bicycle amenities contribute to increased cycling and an improved environment. Continue reading »
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