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 ...