Comments on: Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2 http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jamie kendrick http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87411 jamie kendrick Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:16:58 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87411 Rayman's comments on MPOs are interesting, considering how MDOT has done everything in its power to render MPOs useless and dysfunctional Rayman’s comments on MPOs are interesting, considering how MDOT has done everything in its power to render MPOs useless and dysfunctional

]]> By: David Daddio http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87151 David Daddio Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:58:41 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87151 Does DDOT have a realistic means of funding this project besides TIGER grants? As I point out in a recent post: http://dc.thecityfix.com/tiger-grants-nt-a-transit-panacea/ There were $57 billion worth of requests nationwide for $1.5 billion worth of TIGER money. Hopefully TIGER will be expanded heavily with the new transportation bill. Does DDOT have a realistic means of funding this project besides TIGER grants? As I point out in a recent post:
http://dc.thecityfix.com/tiger-grants-nt-a-transit-panacea/

There were $57 billion worth of requests nationwide for $1.5 billion worth of TIGER money. Hopefully TIGER will be expanded heavily with the new transportation bill.

]]> By: Mike Licht http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87141 Mike Licht Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:28:21 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87141 The provate sector in Berlin has its own kind of bicycle stimulus. See: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/the-greenest-little-whorehouse-in-germany/ The provate sector in Berlin has its own kind of bicycle stimulus.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/the-greenest-little-whorehouse-in-germany/

]]> By: Elana Schor http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87111 Elana Schor Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:52:07 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87111 Boy, that'll teach me to do a photo search for "DC bike share" and choose an un-captioned image. Thanks -- the photo will be switched. Boy, that’ll teach me to do a photo search for “DC bike share” and choose an un-captioned image. Thanks — the photo will be switched.

]]> By: BeyondDC http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87101 BeyondDC Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:50:26 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87101 Russell is correct. That isn't a photo from DC. DC Smartbikes look like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beyonddc/3931774451/in/set-72157622405652500/ ... However, DC's expanded system may or not be Smartbike. They are considering an alternate system. Russell is correct. That isn’t a photo from DC. DC Smartbikes look like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beyonddc/3931774451/in/set-72157622405652500/

… However, DC’s expanded system may or not be Smartbike. They are considering an alternate system.

]]> By: Russell Meddin http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/22/seeking-stimulus-money-for-bike-sharing-d-c-looks-beyond-cutting-co2/comment-page-1/#comment-87081 Russell Meddin Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:12 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=40501#comment-87081 Isn't that a photo of a bike sharing terminal in Seville, Spain and not a SmartbikeDC terminal in Washington? See your ¡Arriba Sevilla! article. Just wanted to clear the CO2 Isn’t that a photo of a bike sharing terminal in Seville, Spain and not a SmartbikeDC terminal in Washington? See your ¡Arriba Sevilla! article. Just wanted to clear the CO2

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