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Re: Brooklyn Prosecutor Dies in Cycling Crash

steely — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 06:19:00 -0000

https://nyc.streetsblog.org...

Re: KOMANOFF: City Must Embrace Inspired Plan for Bike Network

steely — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:17:03 -0000

don't forget Julia Kite's excellent 2016 Transportation Alternatives report! https://static1.squarespace...

Re: Friday’s Headlines: Treat, He of Ghent Edition

steely — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:04:22 -0000

Nickelodeon

Re: A Round and a Roundy: How Mayor Grinch Stole Pedestrian Safety

steely — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 07:38:59 -0000

Roundy's menacing car countenances similar to Tooker: https://conversations.terra...

Re: De Blasio Digs In on Helmet-Law Nonsense in Incoherent Radio Appearance

steely — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 07:34:42 -0000

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...

Re: Friday’s Headlines: The Auto Show is the Absolute Worst Edition

steely — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:12:58 -0000

Ah, the annual renewal of our longstanding love affair with the automobile. Back in 2008, that love affair came unglued, if just for a moment

https://www.streetfilms.org...

Re: What Does It Mean for Bike Advocacy When Big Business Hires the Advocates?

steely — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:22:49 -0000

Both of you should apply! We could benefit from your altruism and frugality. Lets discuss further, presumably on a blog not owned by a billionaire

Re: JUMP’s Bikes Aren’t Showing Up in Its App on Staten Island

steely — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:51:26 -0000

Assess

Re: Let’s Start Calling Bicycling Renewable Energy

steely — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:03:09 -0000

the most powerful implication of bicycling = renewable energy is not marketing, as folks say below, but to shift policy, subsidies and incentive structure.

Re: A Driver Killed a Cyclist at LaGuardia, So the Port Authority Restricted Biking

steely — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:27:02 -0000

just reached out to our contacts at the Port. Hopefully we can make some progress on this before May 1! :)

Re: London Cycling Works: How Savvy Campaigning Got 180 Employers to Support Bike Lanes

steely — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:09:06 -0000

they clearly took notes when Transportation Alternatives organized hundreds small and large businesses to support umpteen complete street projects around nyc, to both parry and preempt various bikelash flare ups :) but the grass is often greener I guess

Re: Excellent Uber Ad Distills the Problem With Uber in Crowded Cities

steely — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:17:09 -0000

Uber owes a debt to Hermann Knoflacher, the originator of the walkmobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Re: Elected Officials Join Call for Midtown Fifth Avenue Bikeway

steely — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:23:18 -0000

mr. lazenby-- pretty much. but Riders, Straps and Tri-State would probably take the lead. next time we throw a fit to save people's lives maybe we'll see you there.

Re: October 6th, 2017:

steely — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:14:02 -0000

you two are really close to hugging

Re: Trottenberg: Transit-Only 14th Street “Not in Our Plan” For L Train Shutdown

steely — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:22:10 -0000

This is the equivocation that will launch a thousand Ubers. Welcome to Mayor de Blasio's L Train Shutdown

* without a robust transit corridor, traffic on proximate streets will be worse
* bikers gonna bike on 14th no matter what and their safety must be provided for
* no advocates I know suggest that loading should not be accommodated

Re: This Midtown Block Now Has a Protected Bike Lane and a Wider Sidewalk

steely — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:54:40 -0000

this is a great answer to the popular excuse "but there's no room for a [insert safety improvement here]"

Re: We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?

steely — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:00:38 -0000

there are larger issues with our car built environment and victim blaming safety culture that become well understood when you unpack the helmet issue. and that wasn't 'pretty funny'; it was hilarious

Re: April 6th, 2017:

steely — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:03:42 -0000

Thank you, Elizabeth. statement from T.A. this morning coming soon, along these lines

Re: There’s a Big Red Flag in the MTA’s Ridership Projections for the L Train Shutdown

steely — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:30:26 -0000

bolt in platforms in use in some other cities are cheap and practical, don't require digging up street. and there is a good case for making the solution permanent.

Re: Today’s Headlines

steely — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:21:06 -0000

it needs to improve, and we are working on that, but celebrating victories, however incremental, is an important part of effective organizing. it's not easy winning green improvements.

Re: Today’s Headlines

steely — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:54:04 -0000

what is your point, exactly?

Re: A Look Back at Ken Thompson’s 2015 Interview With TransAlt

steely — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:44:33 -0000

Ken Thompson was a great man.

I saw him walking across the brooklyn bridge this past April, looking even more contemplative than usual. he was very patient with me as I fiddled with my phone, trying to take a selfie. Thank you, DA Thompson for standing up for the victims of traffic violence. Your work lives on.

Re: Bike-Share Stations Don’t Usurp Parking — They Are Parking

steely — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:39:28 -0000

from DOT's park slope parking study we know that on average, spots turnover less than once a day. meanwhile, Citibike spaces, system wide, are more like 5 or 6x per day. since one car parking space can fit what, 7 citibikes? that's like a 35x more productive and efficient use of that car parking space.

Re: Today’s Headlines

steely — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 12:40:11 -0000

it is a Might Makes Right mentality, aka woe to the conquered

Re: To Gain Votes in Albany, Speed Cam Compromise Won’t Protect Every School

steely — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:15:46 -0000

know your history, Simon. most major street safety gains have been won by initial focus on protecting kids. we didn't win traffic calming until Safe Routes to School. we didn't win speed cams until it was made a schools based proposition.

Disqus - Latest Comments for steely

Re: Brooklyn Prosecutor Dies in Cycling Crash

Re: KOMANOFF: City Must Embrace Inspired Plan for Bike Network

Re: Friday’s Headlines: Treat, He of Ghent Edition

Re: A Round and a Roundy: How Mayor Grinch Stole Pedestrian Safety

Re: De Blasio Digs In on Helmet-Law Nonsense in Incoherent Radio Appearance

Re: Friday’s Headlines: The Auto Show is the Absolute Worst Edition

Re: What Does It Mean for Bike Advocacy When Big Business Hires the Advocates?

Re: JUMP’s Bikes Aren’t Showing Up in Its App on Staten Island

Re: Let’s Start Calling Bicycling Renewable Energy

Re: A Driver Killed a Cyclist at LaGuardia, So the Port Authority Restricted Biking

Re: London Cycling Works: How Savvy Campaigning Got 180 Employers to Support Bike Lanes

Re: Excellent Uber Ad Distills the Problem With Uber in Crowded Cities

Re: Elected Officials Join Call for Midtown Fifth Avenue Bikeway

Re: October 6th, 2017:

Re: Trottenberg: Transit-Only 14th Street “Not in Our Plan” For L Train Shutdown

Re: This Midtown Block Now Has a Protected Bike Lane *and* a Wider Sidewalk

Re: We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?

Re: April 6th, 2017:

Re: There’s a Big Red Flag in the MTA’s Ridership Projections for the L Train Shutdown

Re: Today’s Headlines

Re: Today’s Headlines

Re: A Look Back at Ken Thompson’s 2015 Interview With TransAlt

Re: Bike-Share Stations Don’t Usurp Parking — They Are Parking

Re: Today’s Headlines

Re: To Gain Votes in Albany, Speed Cam Compromise Won’t Protect Every School

Re: This Midtown Block Now Has a Protected Bike Lane and a Wider Sidewalk