Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Reason No. 137 that I love commuting by bike in New York City: I get to watch baby hawks go to flight school. Last year, I was fascinated and then heartbroken by a pair of red-tail hawks that built a...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day, which is part of National Bike Month, coinciding with Bike Month NYC here in the Big Apple, and I have to admit that it's all making me feel a bit guilty. Last summer,...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Everyone seems to be having fun reading the revamped whitehouse.gov website today and seeing what it says about their top priorities.After writing about the challenges of communicating smart growth earlier today, I was curious what the new Obama administration would...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Last summer, I wrote about the NYPD officer who knocked a biker to the ground during a Critical Mass ride in Times Square -- and got caught in the act. If you haven't seen the stunning and disturbing video, here...continued→
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....continued→
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...continued→
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....continued→
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...continued→
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...continued→
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...continued→
