TransportationCamp West, which took place in San Francisco on March 19 and 20, was the second in a series of unconferences focusing on the transportation and technology spaces. Much like TransportationCamp East, the west coast version brought together an assortment of technologists, advocates and public officials from across the Bay Area. Check out some of [...]
Streetfilms, in collaboration with Streets Education, is first-day-of-school excited to announce the release of Moving Beyond the Automobile’s companion curriculum. Geared toward high school and college students, but easily adaptable for other audiences, the curriculum uses concepts from our Moving Beyond the Automobile (MBA) series, like transit oriented development, bus rapid transit and bicycling to [...]
TransportationCamp East was a unconference that took place on March 5-6 at New York Law School, with additional events taking place all over the city. Over 300 people from the public and private sectors came together to share ideas, develop strategies, and make connections about the transportation and technology spaces. Check out some of the [...]
In the third episode of Moving Beyond the Automobile, we take a look at a more efficient way to use a car. Car sharing allows users to evaluate the full cost of each car trip, which encourages them to decide what the most appropriate mode choice is for a specific trip. Zipcar, a leading global [...]
Pasqualina and organizer Helen Ho send the following report from the proceedings: More than 200 participants from 14 states and two countries came to New York this past weekend to swap ideas, learn bicycle advocacy best practices and build nationwide momentum in the country’s first-ever Youth Bike Summit, sponsored by Recycle-A-Bicycle. The youth spent three [...]
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New York City has some of the slowest bus service in the country. The 9th annual Pokey and Shleppie Awards, given by NYPIRG's Straphanger Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, shine a spotlight on this unfortunate fact by recognizing the slowest and most unreliable buses in the Big Apple. Tune in above to see which routes earn [...]
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Up until this summer, speeding was the norm on Brooklyn's Prospect Park West. With three wide lanes inviting motorists to hit the accelerator, it was a street monopolized by car traffic. That changed in a big way in June, when NYC DOT converted one vehicle lane to a two-way bikeway separated from traffic by the [...]
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