A D.C. stage of Giro d’Italia 2012  is looking more and more likely these days.
Yesterday, D.C. proved its ability to host a large-scale pro cycling road race as cyclists took over Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capital …

This morning’s Board of Trade/Council of Governments task force meeting to gain public input on Metro governance and best practices was a disappointment, expressed many participants.
Here are some of the complaints that resonated among most of …

Yesterday I attended “Biking, Walking, and Public Transport: Smart Mobility for the 21st Century” at the Goethe-Institut.
The event kicked off with a great hands-on demonstration of how to change a bike tire by Daniel Hoagland, D.C.’s …

On June 15, EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport (the producer of this blog) hosted 50 D.C. city officials, planners, transport practitioners, technologists, social media mavens and urban advocates for a …

In 2005,  with the launch of Vélo’v in Lyon, a global bikesharing movement began.
By 2007, Paris began a similar bike-share with 10,000 bikes, and quickly doubled that number due to high demand. That same year, Barcelona initiated its …

There’s been lots of buzz this week in College Park, Md. about accessibility and transit.
First, early this week, there were reports of the controversy surrounding the school’s plans to close Campus Drive to private …

The Alliance for Biking & Walking released its “2010 Benchmarking Report” on bicycling and walking, showing data from all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities. The Washington, D.C. factsheet reveals that the city …

It’s not a new phenomenon. Back in the 1970s, New York City community activist Liz Christy and her fellow “Green Guerillas” planted window boxes and filled vacant lots to start a community garden. Across the …

More questions were asked than answered at this morning’s public oversight hearing on the District’s response to the recent “snow events” (i.e. back-to-back blizzards in February.) The hearing, held in the John A. Wilson Building, …

Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal wrote a post for Maryland Politics Watch about his recent trip to Curitiba, Brazil, where he learned about bus rapid transit, since Montgomery County is exploring BRT as a transit …