January 2012
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Notes from NYC Bikeshare discussion tonight
Notes from a talk tonight at the AIA-NY Center for Architecture by:
Alison Cohen, President, Alta Bicycle Share
Janette Sadik-Khan, NYC DOT Commissioner
Bolded content seemed particularly interesting or new to me.
JSK:
NYC bikeshare service area: 1.2 million live there; 2 million commute there
40% of Paris and Barcelona bikeshare trips are in conjunction with transit
With 600 stations,...
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.@davidfolkenflik must not know me or my friends
David Folkenflik, as heard recently on Weekend Edition Sunday:
“If you go abroad, you know you want a good tour guide who tells you where the locals go for a beer or where to watch the sunset, but you don’t want somebody who’s going to tell you what the fights are about local parking ordinances.”
Actually, those things are not mutually exclusive. Talking about local...
