Arkansas: A study in the effects of accelerated depreciation

I was really looking forward to Arkansas. From the year I spent in North Carolina, I gained a certain affection for the South, and so as soo...

Stressed biking (and the ego of the dedicated commuter cyclist)

On Thursday I returned to New York and to urban commuter cycling after a month-long yoga training and retreat in Connecticut. As I coasted d...

Courtesy vs Safety, or Getting Shot At vs Getting Run Over

In the bicycling portion of my brain, wedged between the Daredevil Lobe and the This Is Good For Me Cortex, there exists much neuronal traff...

Brooklyn Bridge Congestion

After four years of committed bike commuting, in an effort to reduce the amount of stress in my life, I've pretty much stopped riding in...

What about the disabled? A response to Urbanophile

As I�ve mentioned before, I was born the visual impairment that causes my eyes to wiggle, thus reducing my visual acuity and preventing me f...

Bike to Work Month, More Than Green PR?

I have had my moments of skepticism about whether the designation of May as "Bike to Work" month does more to fill the "we ne...

From Rainy Puget Sound, Two Inspirational Bike Commuters

I spent the holidays with my parents in Washington, and although I didn't make it out on a bike to enjoy the unseasonably unrainy (dry i...

NYC-By-Bike: Tough Luck

From a series of posts on exploring New York's neighborhoods, bike lanes and parks. Cold overcast Seattle weather today. I wasn't fe...

Subsidizing homeownership (and the lobbying efforts of the National Association of Realtors)

Last year, after our friend bought a condo in New Haven, we realized that technically we too could afford the downpayment for a home. Swept...

NYPD: You were asking for it (so don't expect us to help)

I got punched in the face on my commute home today. I had just crossed the Manhattan Bridge and was biking south on the bike path on Jay Str...

The true cost of car ownership

Infrastructurist and Urban Omnibus recently posted an interview with the co-founder of Zipcar, Robin Chase. If you have the time, the full i...

More Brooklyn Neighborhoods Linked Through Bike Lane Network

Biking from Red Hook to Borough Park yesterday, I was amazed by how much of the way I was able to travel down dedicated (and sometimes prote...

New Video: Food Almanac, Forecasting the Year Ahead in Food and Farm Policy and Politics

A short clip with highlights from the panelists at Food System NYC's Food Almanac Event on February 2. See more food policy videos at L...

Business class

Over the past month I�ve traveled out to Sayville, Long Island and up to Syracuse to conduct a series of work-related interviews. Traveling ...

Justice drives a tow truck

I was biking to the train station in New Haven this morning on my new folding bike when a driver in a black Mercedes sedan doored me and pro...

No parking on the dance floor

There are a lot of policy wonks out there. Heck, this blog does a lot of flapping its gums. For a while, the mayor of New Haven, John DeStef...

Steal This, MoFos!

I headed over to my favorite New York bike shop* today to get a new bike lock. After the cops who helped me file my stolen-bike police repor...

Life outside the cage

For most of my driving life, I�ve preferred two-wheeled transportation to automobiles. Living in the Northeast, having a car in the winterti...

Butte, Montana and funding a better transit future

There are three car rental counters at the Butte airport. There is also a vending machine, restrooms and a luggage conveyor belt. I was supp...

Some Things Are Universal

While visiting Santiago this past week I couldn't help but notice that, like drivers in NYC, Chilean motorists seem to have the same dis...