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| Bike-Share Debuts in Washington D.C. [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 04:23 PM CDT Public bike-share in the U.S. hit a milestone yesterday when SmartBike DC, the first program of its kind in an American city, launched in full. Coverage in the Washington Post was heavy on the... |
| Update: Bike Republic not quite "official" just yet [BikePortland] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 03:59 PM CDT It seems I jumped the gun with my story about the former McCall's Restaurant site in Waterfront Park being turned into a cafe and bike retail, rental, commuter facility operated by Bike... |
| BTA: NE Going Street will be focus of bike boulevard effort [BikePortland] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 03:26 PM CDT Low-traffic, tree-lined conditions will help make NE Going a great bike boulevard.(Photo: Google Streetview) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has announced that NE Going Street will become... |
| D.C. tests bike-sharing waters: Thoughts from Portland [BikePortland] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 12:46 PM CDT Bikes await customers at Penn Quarter station in Washington D.C.(Photo: afagen/Flickr) After several months of delay following the initial "launch", Washington D.C. is basking in the glow... |
| Metro Pushing HOT Lanes at Public Meetings [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 11:55 AM CDT While Metro's sales tax proposal has been dominating the news, the agency has also been pursuing adding managed toll lanes, also known as HOT Lanes, to the I-10 and I-110. You may remember that... |
| KTLA: Should SoCal Spend Money on Bike Lanes [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 09:49 AM CDT KTLA.com has a poll up asking whether Southern California should be spending public funds to build more bike lanes. Surprisingly, almost a third of respondents have "voted" against putting... |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 09:25 AM CDT D.C. Launches Bike-Share Network (WaPo) Think Metro is Wasteful? Check out LAUSD (Daily News) Metro Breaks Ridership Records (Bottleneck Blog, LAist) 115 New Parking Spaces Coming to... |
| Portland bike parking provides lessons for New York City [BikePortland] Posted: 14 Aug 2008 09:11 AM CDT Still from video — Watch it below Streetfilms, the video-journalism arm of the New York City-based Livable Streets Network, has published a film that focuses on Portland's signature bike... |