Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Just a couple of quick notes about some recent biking stories that I couldn't resist mentioning:In New York, a couple of professors from Hunter College promoted a study this week claiming to show that city cyclists routinely break the law....
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
The New York City Department of Transportation announced last week that bike commuting jumped 35 percent in the city over the past year. That's a lot of new bikers on the streets, and I'm proud to be one of them....
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York City wants to double bike commuting by 2015 and is working to make the city more bike friendly. That means it needs more bike parking. Activists are pushing for city rules that would make commercial landlords allow their...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Two years after moving to the city, one of the things that helps me feel more like a real New Yorker is when out-of-towners stop me on the street or the subway and I'm able to give them detailed directions....
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The president of South Korea biked to work today. Nearly 30,000 cyclists took to the streets of Taiwan's capital. European cities asked their residents to keep cars parked for the good of the planet. A European Commission spokeswoman says that...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Just check out all that open pavement, with not a car in sight. And right in the middle of Manhattan, no less. Ain’t it beautiful? New York’s experiment with car-free streets -- closing down a well-traveled route through the heart...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
At a family reunion in Pittsburgh last month, when I told my aunts, uncles and cousins that I was now biking to work in Manhattan, several of them gave me a concerned look and asked, “Is it safe?” Considering...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
By now, you’ve probably seen the video (either on YouTube or the evening news) of an NYPD officer knocking a biker to the ground during a Critical Mass ride in Times Square. If not, here it is: If you’re unfamiliar...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
It was bound to happen. I’m just glad that I’m still here to write about it. I started working at NRDC about a month ago and recently began biking to work a few days each week. I’ve got a beautiful...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
I suppose it’s not exactly breaking news that 60,000 people can produce an awful lot of trash. Especially when they’re squeezed into appropriately named “pens” for several hours on Central Park’s Great Lawn.Still, it’s pretty amazing to experience it for...
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
If you live in the New York area, you’ve probably heard about this little show that Bon Jovi’s giving in Central Park on Saturday night to celebrate Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. (It’s been all over the news since the...
