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Oct. 28, 2014 / Gordon Price

Bike-sharing: Big Expansion in New York

From the citibike blog today: Expansion! Woo hoo!  Things are changing following Alta Bicycle Share’s takeover: Our system will double in size by…
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Oct. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

Of the 110 reasons to live in New York, guess what half of them are about?

The list is from Buzzfeed, of course: 110 Reasons Why You Should Never Leave New York City Because you’re going to…
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Oct. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

Panel: Photography and the City – Nov 1

    Register here.…
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Oct. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

ULI on bikesharing: "The payoff seems to have arrived"

From UrbanLand: “New York City and D.C. Doubled Biking Rates in Just Four Years” . For the first and second U.S.…
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Oct. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

An alternate New Yorker cartoon caption

From BrooklynSpoke: . . “Damn bike lanes”…
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Oct. 06, 2014 / Gordon Price

Peak Sprawl?

I confess, I’ve assumed that regardless of the hype about the revitalization of urban centres in the U.S., I’ve assumed…
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Sep. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Graphic Design Today and Yesterday: 2013 WalkNYC and 1970 New York subway system

Stephen Wilkinson, a PT friend in New York, writes:  “This is the portfolio of a graphic designer who worked on…
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Sep. 17, 2014 / Gordon Price

If they can do it in Squamish: A Gondola for Brooklyn

Looks like a serious proposal – as reported in CityLab:   The East River Skyway is a proposal for a multi-phase…
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Sep. 10, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: In NYC – 5

Check the background of this photo to see another use made of many sidewalks in NYC. . . Without rear lanes, the…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: The best thing that could happen to Toronto

Speaking of towers, below, Durning found this in the Toronto Star:  . Manhattanization could be the best thing ever for…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: In NYC – 4

Look carefully: .   . Yeah, sure – NYC cyclechic. But look at the street behind, on the left-hand side.  …
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Sep. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

Violating a Meme: Bike lanes can speed up traffic

Not news to many of you, since this has been widely circulated since appearing on CityLab.  But worth repeating – and…
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Sep. 08, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: In NYC – 3

Suits on Bikes: . .    …
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Sep. 05, 2014 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Image: In NYC – 2

Ken Ohrn in New York City: . .  Ken’s folio stream here.…

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