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February 1, 2025 albany / amsterdam / biking / binghamton / buffalo / geneva / new urbanism / New York Cities / rochester / rome / schenectady / syracuse / transit / transportation / troy / Uncategorized / urbanism / utica / utica / walkability

A Decade

Ten Years Of The Urban Phoenix

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June 24, 2024 biking / scooter / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

Ringy Dingy: Lessons in Trail Etiquette

Rules of the roa…. I mean trail.

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January 16, 2021 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

From Nuisance To Cool: Cars And Scooters Share Similar Stories

Easy access and financial investment have changed the perception of e-scooters. One hundred years ago, the same thing was happening to cars.

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December 1, 2020 Uncategorized

Geofencing For Cars?

It’s time we take a good hard look at GPS-enabled speed control for cars.

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May 10, 2020 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

What If We Advocated For E-Scooter Ownership Instead Of Scooter Share?

The path to E-Scooter legitimacy lies in the shedding of the shared model in favor of personal ownership

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April 10, 2020 Uncategorized

Covid-19 Cancelling Your Bike Share? Here Are Some Options

Check out these micro-mobility options that can help you crush your commute or last-mile adventure

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February 13, 2020 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

Scooters ARE Eco-Friendly… If You Actually Buy One!

When considering whether electric scooters are environmentally friendly, we must make the distinction between scooter share and scooter ownership

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August 5, 2019 biking / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

A Problem Of Range

Think an electric scooter, e-bike or e-skateboard will replace your car? Unless you live in a major metro with copious access to transit, the limited range of these devices WILL be your biggest issue

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July 19, 2019 biking / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

We’ve Gotta Be Perfect

People die every day in car crashes with incredibly few calls for cars to be banned. But when mass transit suffers a deadly collusion, or a micro-mobility option incurs a death, citizens cry for changes, restrictions, and outright bans on their use

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July 6, 2019 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

No Cars In Nashville: An Open Letter To Mayor David Briley

Nashville has banned e-scooters after a tragic death of a young rider. Using the same logic, I am asking the mayor if he would also consider banning cars.

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June 3, 2019 rochester / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

The Real Problem With E-Scooters? Cars!

Every e-scooter share problem could be resolved if cars weren’t exclusively prioritized

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October 18, 2018 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

160 Miles On An E-Scooter & Why I Love It

Don’t listen to the haters… these things are great, and I’ll tell you why.

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May 26, 2018 transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism

The Great Last-Mile Option & The Stigma Holding It Back

Kick scooters are light, flexible, foldable last-mile transportation options in our cities today… if you can stand the looks and laughs.

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August 4, 2015 Uncategorized

Slow Rolling: Why Bikes & Scooters Trump Cars for Blogging and in Life.

Someone in Troy NY a few weekends ago asked me what the key to being a good photo blogger is.  I

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