Life in the streets. Documenting the culture of intersections.
Street narratives, public service announcements, ideologies, and other stories from the asphalt.
Do you feel strongly about an intersection? Please share your street story!
Snap some photos or a quick video with your digital camera. Record an audio file, write a haiku, paint a picture.
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Want to Prevent Oil Spill Disasters? Stop Driving. →
The most profound way in which America needs oil is though the system of automobility — the combined impact on the built environment of the motor vehicle (cars, trucks), the automobile industry, the highway and street networks, and corollary services like gas stations, and the coordination of everyday life around the car and its spaces. America consumes 25 percent of the world’s oil, and roughly 70 percent of that enables automobility. Much of this is for driving cars relatively short distances on a routine, daily basis. This adds up to over 21,000 miles driven a year per car.
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Bicycling infrastructure is relatively easy to implement and low cost compared to other modes. It is by far the most cost-effective way to provide for personal mobility in an urban transportation system.
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It’s really this blockheaded inability to recognize the humanity of others that is the root of almost all animosity out there on the roads. In the case of a motorist who has never operated a bicycle as an adult and who is not sufficiently evolved to feel compassion, the result is that he only sees the bicycle and not the human straddling it.
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Guerrilla Subway Etiquette Campaign in NYC →
I surveyed 100 people on their top pet-peeves (not service related) while riding the Subway. I narrowed the results down to the top ten most occurring issues and rewrote them as a sort of list of rules. I designed posters in the style of the Service Changes posters we see everyday and silkscreened about 40 of each (400 total) and am currently putting them up on trains throughout the city, throughout this week. I encourage people to look out for them, and to take them before the MTA does.
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Rallies across the country call attention to national transit funding crisis, as riders begin to join forces →
“At a time when our national economy is on the brink of recovery, and Americans across the country are demanding increased access to transportation options, transit systems should not have to cut service and raise fares, but should have the support of Congress,” said James Corless, campaign director for T4America. “This is a national crisis that needs a national response, now.”
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Streets For All Seattle →
All around the country, cities are transforming themselves and building transportation systems that make sense for the future.
Aligning their public infrastructure investments with the priorities of their citizens, cities like Salt Lake City, Portland, Denver, Minneapolis, and New York are creating thriving communities where people want to live and businesses choose to locate.
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Introducing the League of Bicycling Voters Los Angeles →
A countywide organization dedicated to harnessing the power of the cycling community to influence the electoral process. An organization that will host forums and debates to get candidates on the record for their stands on biking issues, endorse and support bike-friendly candidates and propositions, and hold elected officials accountable for keeping their promises.
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Columbia River Crossing Proposal: The Green Bridge: Solution To Outdated, Historical Bridges →
This bridge would be amazing. It would draw visitors from around the world, and be an unparalleled recreation opportunity for those in the Portland/Vancouver area.
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Cyclists make Dublin the new Amsterdam →
The number of cyclists in the capital is now at its highest level since Dublin city council began recording figures in 1997. About 6,853 people cycled through the city on a given day last year — an increase of 11.6% on 2008 and 74% on 2004.
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And in some cases, especially where automobiles are involved, the consequences of bad signage can be fatal.
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