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Unhappy Birthday | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. March 12, 2015. Via Park Slope Neighbors, here’s an ignominious claim to fame from the people who brought you the bikelash. The Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit was filed four years ago. There are children riding their bikes on the Prospect Park West bike path today who are younger than the lawsuit aimed at pushing them out into the street to mix with cars and trucks, said Eric McClure, co-founder of. Sadly, one of the two plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, Lois Carswel...
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Cyclists and Red Lights: Actually, It’s Complicated | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Cyclists and Red Lights: Actually, It’s Complicated. May 23, 2014. I knew it was coming. The minute I finished reading Joseph Stromberg’s piece on Vox, “Why cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs and ride through red lights,”. I had a feeling that a response would be published by someone somewhere — Felix Salmon. Ben Adler says that Vox.com and anyone advocating for Idaho stop laws, at least in cities, has it wrong. What does that even mean? Why should they ha...
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Is Your Bike Safety Idea Any Good? | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Is Your Bike Safety Idea Any Good? April 6, 2015. Let’s say you’re an inventor or entrepreneur and have a new product that you think will “change everything” about the future of bicycle safety. Or perhaps you’re a writer for a website that relies on click bait and figure that promoting a story about “ the Modern Safety Solution Cyclists Have Been Begging For. From → Uncategorized. Larr; Unhappy Birthday. The Return of Kidical Mass NYC →. April 6, 2015 9:46 pm. Based on th...
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Uncategorized | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Posts from the ‘Uncategorized’ Category. May 26, 2016. I’m running for safe streets… and need your support! May 12, 2016. May 5, 2016. Helmets and Vision Zero Go Together Like Helmets and Vision Zero. April 28, 2016. Car-Free Day, 2017. March 7, 2016. 8220;Food Delivery People” Are People. February 25, 2016. Just How Old is the Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit? February 5, 2016. Council Member Carlos Menchaca: Let Cyclists Go on LPIs. Laquo; Older Entries. Get every n...
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The Question | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. February 17, 2015. I’ve been struck by the way in which the coverage of the bus crash that seriously injured a teenager. Last Friday as she crossed the street with the legal right of way exposes a core philosophy of traffic violence apologists. This philosophy has mostly played out in Pete Donohue’s coverage in the Daily News. JP Patafio of TWU Local 100 said. The law of averages has it we’re going to get into an accident. Donohue, arguing on Twitter. If we take this R...
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The Return of Kidical Mass NYC | Brooklyn Spoke
https://brooklynspoke.com/2015/04/23/the-return-of-kidical-mass-nyc
Passionate About Relaxed Biking. The Return of Kidical Mass NYC. April 23, 2015. Is back for 2015! Join us for our first Brooklyn ride of the year this Sunday, April 26th. The ride starts at 10 AM from 3rd Ave and DeGraw inside of Douglass Greene Park. We will ride on city streets — kids can ride on sidewalks — with bike paths to the Brooklyn waterfront. Our destination is Jane’s Carousel in DUMBO. For more information and to RSVP, please check out the Kidical Mass NYC Facebook page. Car-Free Day, 2017.
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Culture. Policy. Breakfast. | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Culture. Policy. Breakfast. January 19, 2015. If you paid attention to the coverage of Vision Zero in 2014, you may have noticed one of DOT commissioner Polly Trottenberg’s most frequent refrains. One of my favorite lines comes from the former DOT commissioner from Massachusetts: ‘Culture eats policy for breakfast,’. Said Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, Culture is much more. You can change policy overnight. You can’t change culture overnight. Image via NY T...
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Right on Green, Part 1 | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Right on Green, Part 1. February 9, 2015. First, a disclaimer: I sometimes go through red lights. Shocking, I know. But a couple of points to tease out the details of that disclaimer:. 1 I believe that laws for bikes need to be updated. To reflect the fact that they are not cars, that resources ought to be deployed according to the threat. Treatment most times of the day. Third, as a stroller-pushing papa who frequently takes his kids around the neighborhood on foot, ...
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About | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. I’m Doug Gordon. I write and produce television shows for PBS, ABC, History, Discovery, National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel and more, generally covering the intersection of science, history, and popular culture. I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn with my wife, daughter and son. Like many Park Slope residents, I’m also the author of a book. I have presented at various conferences and seminars including the National Bike Summit. Also, I ride a different bike now. Let�...
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Slap ’em with words: Anatomy of a Daily News editorial on Vision Zero | Brooklyn Spoke
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Passionate About Relaxed Biking. Slap ’em with words: Anatomy of a Daily News editorial on Vision Zero. February 22, 2015. The editorial style of the Daily News has always been fairly straightforward: make short, declarative statements, and pretend to stake out a position of moral clarity on a subject that, right or wrong. If you flip this construct around and start with the fact that 143 pedestrians were killed in New York City in 2014. 8212; the fact that only 17 motorists have been “run through ...
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