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Poll Watch: Red Light Cams Lauded by Crain’s Readers

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

This graphic comes from an online poll Crain’s put up last week, once the expansion of New York’s red light camera program seemed assured. What I couldn’t fit into the screenshot is the headline, which reads, in huge type, "Should NYC continue using ‘spy cams’ at traffic lights?" Interesting that cameras triggered when a driver […]

Cycling News Photographer Catches Drivers in the Act

By Brad Aaron | Mar 24, 2009 | 15 Comments

Wisconsin’s Jeff Frings is an avid bike rider. He’s also a photographer for Milwaukee’s Fox 6, which may be why this report is among the most fair and balanced we’ve seen on cyclists’ right to the road. Like many if not most cyclists, Frings has had his share of run-ins with space-hogging drivers. Unlike most, […]

N.Y. Drivers’ Unexpected Ally: The New York Times Metro Desk

By Brad Aaron | Mar 23, 2009 | 11 Comments

So the Times’ William Neuman went out to interview subway and bus riders about implementing tolls on East and Harlem River bridges to help fund the MTA. Here’s what he found: While straphangers who opposed tolls were in the minority of those interviewed, far more common in the interviews last week were transit riders who […]

For Cyclists, It’s a PR War Out There

By Ben Fried | Mar 9, 2009 | 46 Comments

Photo: Paula Agostino/Flickr Consider this an open thread on Robert Sullivan’s piece in the Times’ City section this weekend, and his four suggestions for better cyclist PR. The question of how cyclists should use the road is often framed as a classic chicken-or-egg situation: Which comes first, streets that accommodate cyclists’ needs or cyclists who […]

Bus Riders Testify About the Necessity of Transit

By Ben Fried | Mar 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Like New York and dozens of other American cities, Minneapolis is facing the prospect of higher transit fares and less service amid the economic downturn. To impress upon state lawmakers that their constituents depend on transit to meet basic needs, the St. Stephen’s Human Rights Campaign compiled this video of testimonials from bus riders (hat […]

Times Praises Bloomberg’s Broadway Plan

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: AntyDiluvian/Flickr The Times has come out in favor of the upcoming Broadway public space reclamation, recognizing the need for safety improvements along one of New York’s most contested thoroughfares. From 1998 to 2007, some 700 pedestrians were injured and five were killed in Midtown Manhattan along Broadway, making it one of the more hazardous […]

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