<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C76627.3AF23CE0"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C76627.3AF23CE0">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> Thanks Sean Roche for the heads-up on this excellent initiative of Streetsblog and Aaron Naparstek, which we copy below in full text in the hope of getting yet further additions. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> My hope is that you will not only mail your leads here but that you will also go to <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/">http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/ </a> to add them there as well.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> For our part, we are in the process of developing a set of related links, which you can find today if you go to the Agenda at http://newmobility.org and click the link Citizens Speak Out at the top of the left menu. Your thoughts and suggestions on all this are more than welcome.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Eric Britton<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <h2><a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/">Help us Find Livable Streets Blogs in Cities Outside NYC</a><o:p></o:p></h2> We are interested in creating a new feature -- a collection of links to Streetsblog-ish web sites in other cities around the world. Ideally, this collection of links will represent the best, most comprehensive, most readable group of Livable Streets bloggers anywhere. <o:p></o:p> We could really use the help of the Streetsblog online community to build this collection. If you know of a site that fits the bill, or if you wouldn't mind spending a few minutes poking around online to find some good potential sites in specific cities, please do. Just add your finds to the comment section.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Here are some starter links to give you a sense of the kinds of sites we've been finding so far...<o:p></o:p> Boston: <a href="http://newtonstreets.blogspot.com">http://newtonstreets.blogspot.com</a> <a href="http://www.livablestreets.info">http://www.livablestreets.info</a> <o:p></o:p> Toronto: <a href="http://bikingtoronto.blogspot.com">http://bikingtoronto.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p> Portland: <a href="http://www.bikeportland.org">http://www.bikeportland.org</a><o:p></o:p> Cleveland: <a href="http://www.gcbl.org">http://www.gcbl.org</a><o:p></o:p> Washington DC: <a href="http://washcycle.typepad.com">http://washcycle.typepad.com</a><a href="http://pedshed.net"> http://pedshed.net</a><o:p></o:p> San Fran: <a href="http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com">http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p> Berkeley: <a href="http://www.localecology.org/localecologist">http://www.localecology.org/localecologist</a><o:p></o:p> Miami: <a href="http://www.transitmiami.blogspot.com">http://www.transitmiami.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p> London: <a href="http://www.kingscrossenvironment.com">http://www.kingscrossenvironment.com</a><o:p></o:p> Vancouver: <a href="http://sfucity.wordpress.com/about/%20">http://sfucity.wordpress.com/about/ </a><o:p></o:p> Filed by <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/author/aaron/" title="Posts by Aaron Naparstek">Aaron Naparstek</a> under <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/category/issues-campaigns/livable-streets/" title="View all posts in Livable Streets" rel="category tag">Livable Streets</a>, <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/category/pinned/" title="View all posts in Pinned" rel="category tag">Pinned</a> <o:p></o:p>  <img border=0 width=16 height=11 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01C76627.3AF23CE0" alt=Comments> (<a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29842">latest by Fran Taylor</a>) <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/" title="Permanent link to Help us Find Livable Streets Blogs in Cities Outside NYC"><img border=0 width=15 height=15 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.gif@01C76627.3AF23CE0" alt=Link></a><a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/plugins/email/wp-email-popup.php?p=1129" title="EMail This Post" onclick="email_popup(this.href); return false"><img border=0 width=18 height=15 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.gif@01C76627.3AF23CE0" alt="E-Mail This Post/Page"></a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div>  <h2 id=comments>23 Comments <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#postcomment" title="Leave a comment">(leave a comment)</a> <o:p></o:p></h2> <![if !supportLists]>1.       <![endif]>Here's a good one from Edinburgh, Scotland:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://cyclingedinburgh.wordpress.com/" rel=nofollow>http://cyclingedinburgh.wordpress.com/</a><o:p></o:p> And, they're not blogs, but here are a couple sites from Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk" rel=nofollow>http://www.sustrans.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.gobike.org/" rel=nofollow>www.gobike.org/</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by ddartley — February 22, 2007 @ 10:48 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29203">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>2.       <![endif]>Atlanta, Georgia:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://peds.org" rel=nofollow>http://peds.org</a><o:p></o:p> Savannah, Georgia:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.pacesavannah.org" rel=nofollow>http://www.pacesavannah.org</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://bikeyear.blogspot.com/" rel="external nofollow">john</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 11:06 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29204">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>3.       <![endif]>From Berkeley:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.preservenet.com/freeways/" rel=nofollow>http://www.preservenet.com/freeways/</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://deleted" rel="external nofollow">Clarence</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 11:56 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29209">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>4.       <![endif]>Also from Portland, Oregon<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.portlandtransport.com" rel=nofollow>http://www.portlandtransport.com</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by nuovorecord — February 22, 2007 @ 12:03 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29210">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>5.       <![endif]>Not exactly localized, but <a href="http://www.thisplaceis.com/" rel=nofollow>This Place Is...</a> covers "people-centered place design."<o:p></o:p> Shin-pei from <a href="http://northbird.blogspot.com" rel=nofollow>Bird to the North</a> just started blogging for them about NYC public spaces. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.wrkng.net" rel="external nofollow">Nick</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 12:29 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29213">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>6.       <![endif]>Minneapolis, Minnesota<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.wowflutter.com" rel=nofollow>http://www.wowflutter.com</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by sjt — February 22, 2007 @ 12:57 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29217">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>7.       <![endif]>SF used to have San Francisco Cityscape (sfcityscape.org) which was terrific until they stopped blogging and became a discussion forum. I'm still looking for a good replacement one (the one you list is a bike blog written by someone in SF but it doesn't seem to be about local SF issues in particular).<o:p></o:p> DC has Richard Layman's Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/) and Beyond DC (http://beyonddc.com/log)<o:p></o:p> It'd be nice to distinguish between bike blogs and more general livable streets blogs. Streetsblog is great because it covers development, parking, walking, transit, and biking, and everything from policy decisions in City Hall to specific neighborhood incidents. Some of the blogs listed above are just about how to pedal around the cities, which is great but less broad, while others are more similar to StreetsBlog. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://alpie.net/" rel="external nofollow">David Alpert</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 1:47 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29220">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>8.       <![endif]>(Oops, SF Cityscape is actually sfcityscape.com not .org). <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://alpie.net/" rel="external nofollow">David Alpert</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 1:51 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29221">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>9.       <![endif]>Los Angeles:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.cicle.org/wordpress/" rel=nofollow>http://www.cicle.org/wordpress/</a> <a href="http://www.bike-los-angeles.com/" rel=nofollow>http://www.bike-los-angeles.com/</a> (looks to be just getting started)<o:p></o:p> Haven't found pedestrian or public space-focused blogs yet but I will keep looking. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by keri — February 22, 2007 @ 1:52 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29222">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>10.   <![endif]>Yeah, that's kind of the challenge, David -- trying to find the blogs that go beyond just being about bicycling. But I'm still interested in getting links to the good bike blogs. So feel free to post those too. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org" rel="external nofollow">Aaron Naparstek</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 1:56 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29223">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>11.   <![endif]>New Jersey (getting started) <a href="http://walkbikejersey.blogspot.com/" rel=nofollow>http://walkbikejersey.blogspot.com/</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by keri — February 22, 2007 @ 2:05 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29224">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>12.   <![endif]>San Francisco: <a href="http://livablecity.org/path.html" rel=nofollow>http://livablecity.org/path.html</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org" rel="external nofollow">carrie</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 5:35 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29253">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>13.   <![endif]>It's an honor to be "Streetsblog-ish" -- thanks! Another great DC-area blog is Rethink College Park: <a href="http://www.rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/" rel=nofollow>http://www.rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/</a>. They get into a lot of design details and development politics too. College Park is small, but may have some useful lessons for other college towns. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://pedshed.net" rel="external nofollow">Laurence Aurbach</a> — February 22, 2007 @ 7:21 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29263">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>14.   <![endif]>Kansas City, Missouri KCBike.Info - <a href="http://kcbike.info" rel=nofollow>http://kcbike.info</a> Clearing the Air - <a href="http://bikefriendlykc.blogspot.com/" rel=nofollow>http://bikefriendlykc.blogspot.com/</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://kcbike.info" rel="external nofollow">eric</a> — February 23, 2007 @ 10:53 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29282">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>15.   <![endif]>Thanks for the link... a really good one based in Toronto is the <a href="http://spacing.ca/wire/" rel=nofollow>Spacing Wire (http://spacing.ca/wire)</a> - "your hub for daily dispatches from the streets of Toronto to cities around the world, offering both analysis and a forum for discussion. The Wire covers news, events, art, architecture, urban planning and just about anything that involves the public realm of our cities. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.bikingtoronto.com" rel="external nofollow">Joe (BikingToronto)</a> — February 23, 2007 @ 1:14 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29290">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>16.   <![endif]>Aaron:<o:p></o:p> If you'll lower your standard from "good bike blogs" to just "bike blogs," I'd like to offer mine to your list. <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://bikeyear.blogspot.com" rel="external nofollow">John</a> — February 24, 2007 @ 9:00 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29303">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>17.   <![endif]>Thessaloniki, Greece (mostly Greek): <a href="http://streetpanthers.blogspot.com/index.html" rel=nofollow>http://streetpanthers.blogspot.com/index.html</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by James — February 24, 2007 @ 11:15 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29305">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>18.   <![endif]>The above post focuses on pedestrian and bicycle issues. You can translate the site at <a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr" rel=nofollow>http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr</a> Choose Greek to English <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by James — February 24, 2007 @ 11:19 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29306">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>19.   <![endif]>Seattle: <a href="http://friendsofseattle.typepad.com/blog/" rel=nofollow>http://friendsofseattle.typepad.com/blog/</a> <a href="http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/" rel=nofollow>http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org" rel="external nofollow">Aaron Naparstek</a> — February 26, 2007 @ 12:17 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29320">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>20.   <![endif]>Actually, Its Just <a href="http://www.TransitMiami.com" rel=nofollow>www.TransitMiami.com</a><o:p></o:p> I got rid of the blogspot address although it will still redirect you to the proper site... <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.transitmiami.com/" rel="external nofollow">Gabriel Lopez-Bernal</a> — March 1, 2007 @ 8:43 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29510">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>21.   <![endif]>Another good one from Down Under<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.spinopsys.com" rel=nofollow>www.spinopsys.com</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://www.biketv.org" rel="external nofollow">Clarence Eckerson Jr.</a> — March 2, 2007 @ 2:59 am | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29513">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>22.   <![endif]>Philadelphia Bicycle News Blog <a href="http://bcgp.blogspot.com" rel=nofollow>http://bcgp.blogspot.com</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by <a href="http://bcgp.blogspot.com" rel="external nofollow">John</a> — March 10, 2007 @ 1:17 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29781">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>23.   <![endif]>San Francisco<o:p></o:p> Monthly column on transportation issues:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.missiondispatch.com/news/view_alt_category.html?category_id=406" rel=nofollow>http://www.missiondispatch.com/news/view_alt_category.html?category_id=406</a> <o:p></o:p> <cite>Comment by Fran Taylor — March 13, 2007 @ 1:41 pm | <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/22/help-us-find-livable-streets-blogs-in-cities-outside-nyc/#comment-29842">Link</a></cite> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>