From, where else, The New Yorker: … the new meaning of “Manhattanization”: turning a city into a playground for the…

In this case, weddings.  From the New York Times: . For years, the rise of cycling in New York City…

___________________________________________________________________ . SAD STATS Highlights of US statistics available from the US Department of Transportation: Traffic Safety Facts – 2011…

Long Island – the suburban hinterland of New York City (map here) – was ground zero for the post-war housing…

From Fast Company: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, Department of Transportation: Sadik-Khan:  A third of New Yorkers get around…

The new meme: Climate change and its consequences (notably sea-level rise) is a done deal; the carbon is locked in,…

___________________________________________________________________ . THE LATEST IN BIKE-SHARE It’s Copenhagen’s Go-Bike: “new generation of share-bicycles is to be trialled as the ‘missing…

___________________________________________________________________ . MELBOURNE BEATS US AGAIN From Bart Sbeghen at BicycleNetwork: The last three years I’ve counted bike riders at…

___________________________________________________________________ FOUR TYPES OF CYCLISTS From Forbes: Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have divided cyclists into four types: Path-using cyclists (36…

___________________________________________________________________ . PUCHER WEBINAR SLIDES John Pucher recently gave a webinar for ITE and Active Living Research: “How to Increase…

___________________________________________________________________ . LONDON’S CYCLING SCENE From UrbanTimes: … what was once a niche of cycling geeks is now a uber-cool urban…

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York thinks it knows what millennials want.  From the New York Times: William Wheeler,…

From Treehugger: Ever wondered when buildings in major cities became part of the skyline? Or how rapidly now-familiar skylines appeared?…

Michael Alexander was in New York City on the weekend of June 26.  Here is his experience with the recently…