Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

Take the NYC Bike Parking Survey

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 9, 2007 | 2 Comments

Wallace Murray and Jason Nu are two graduate students in Hunter College’s geography department. They have teamed up with New York City Department of City Planning’s Transportation Division to create a bike parking survey. They write: We are working with the NYC Department of City Planning Transportation Division to improve our understanding of the public’s […]

The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 29, 2007 | 33 Comments

Last week’s saga of MTA workers seizing bicycles locked to a subway stair railing in Brooklyn illustrated, yet again, just how far New York City has to go towards making bicycles an integral part of the city’s transportation system. As Larry Littlefield aptly commented, "The MTA doesn’t see bikes as an extension of the transit […]

Correcting Thursday’s MTA Bike Seizure Correction

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 29, 2007 | 5 Comments

Quick, easy, inexpensive on-street bike parking in Montreal. Why not Williamsburg, Brooklyn? On Wednesday we posted Aaron Curran’s video of MTA workers seizing bicycles parked against the Bedford Avenue subway station stair railing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. On Thursday we posted a clarification noting that the subway station stair railing at Bedford Ave. and N.7th St. […]

MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules.

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 25, 2007 | 23 Comments

The MTA has been taking a lot of flack following yesterday’s dust-up over MTA workers seizing bicycles locked to the Bedford Avenue subway station stairwell railing in Williamsburg. Perhaps the wrong transportation agency is taking the hit on this one. A camera phone-toting tipster sends along the above photo. It shows that, not only does […]

Congestion Pricing, Hashed Out Over Pints

By Brad Aaron | Oct 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

It wasn’t your typical congestion pricing forum, but last night about 50 people got to hear the pros and cons of the Bloomberg plan debated in a relaxed, informal setting, with instructions from the moderators to keep drinking. The event, sponsored by the London-based Institution of Civil Engineers, brought together two proponents and two critics […]

In Platinum City Even the Munchkins Ride Bikes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 11, 2007 | 5 Comments

With New York City recently scoring a bronze medal for urban bike-friendliness from the League of American Bicyclists, we figured it was a good time to post our 8 minute StreetFilm on Davis, California, where I visited this summer. Portland, Oregon is nipping at their heels, but Davis is still the only city in America […]

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