Charles Carmalt is currently Philadelphia's Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, working in the Mayor's Office of Transportation & Utilities. Our Planning Board hired him over a decade ago, and the resulting 83-page document, "Bicycle Circulation Plan for the Princeton Community" is now online. You can view it here: http://bit.ly/MIpUPC The key chapters to read are probably VIII (Bicycle Improvement Plan) and IX (Implementation Program), starting on Page 34 of the PDF. Carmalt's report is teeming with quality ideas and suggestions, a few of which actually have been implemented. Sadly, other ideas were either deemed unaffordable or for various reasons, haven't gotten any traction in the intervening years. The NYT op-ed piece by Randy Cohen generated several letters to the editor, plus there was a related story about the advocacy group "Transporation Alternatives" (TA) evolving from fringe to mainstream. For more info, TA's director Paul Steely White left his tire marks on YouTube. NYC's anti-bike viewpoint was prominently displayed in the grocery checkout line. |
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Bike Circulation Plan (2002); follow-up re: "Ethicist" op-ed
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