Life in the streets. Documenting the culture of intersections.
Street narratives, public service announcements, ideologies, and other stories from the asphalt.
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It also struck me how inadequate standard bike lanes are when riding with kids. Why? At just four or five feet wide, it’s nearly impossible to ride next to a small child — which, as a father of a 7-year old who is just learning to mix with traffic, is something I feel compelled to do.
Is this really enough space, for people? Size matters.
Photo & Story: Jonathan Maus
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Bureau Of Organized Bikelane Safety Ride →
On Friday, March 19th, a group of cyclist performers, the “Bureau of Organized Bikelane Safety”, B*O*O*B*S team, will ride through the bike lanes of Midtown Manhattan enforcing the traffic laws disregarded by motorists parked in the bike lane. Dressed in protective gear and masks to carefully remove the motor vehicles polluting the lanes, the B*O*O*B*S team will draw attention to NYPD’s over policing of cyclists instead of focusing their enforcement efforts on the real danger on the streets—reckless drivers whose actions killed 320 New Yorkers in 2008.
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Controversial Portland Columbia River Crossing Under Pressure to Move Forward, Despite Flaws
Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington planned for construction start in 2012, with light rail link included. But its new road capacity isn’t needed.
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NYC Judge Rules Against Cycling Congestion →
I hope those folks who drive in cars during rush hour have to get a permit too.
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The Backbone Bikeway Network would create miles-long east-west and north-south corridors for cyclists along some of the county’s largest streets and heaviest-traveled corridors.
The network is one part of the plan offered by The L.A. Bike Working Group and was created as an alternative to the city of L.A.’s proposed bicycle plan.
via LA Times - Ari B. Bloomekatz
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Shared space works best without the yellow lines and signs that disfigure so many streets and town centres. Ashford relies on the use of a “Restricted Parking Zone”, a rather clumsy name for a simple principle for defining where you can park, rather then marking where you should not.
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