Effectively, Streetsblog has lastly given up on congestion pricing:
The explanation? Apparently no person needs it:
That is complicated, as a result of till just lately Streetblog was saying everyone needs it:
Not like all of this issues anyway. They’ll simply determine a brand new tax, and in contrast to congestion pricing it’ll in all probability be one you’ll be able to’t select to keep away from:
Although in accordance with the governor there’d be no avoiding congestion pricing both since it might trigger the price of pizza slices to go up:
So I assume you can say whether or not you drive or not the price of congestion pricing could be…baked into all the things you purchase.
However congestion pricing or no congestion pricing, issues in New York Metropolis are costly–together with e-bike journeys, and this David Zipper man remains to be whining about it:
I don’t know why all of the sudden individuals really feel like a visit on a bicycle with a motor ought to price the identical as a subway or bus trip, although I’d absolutely assist making all common Citi Bike journeys free and growing the price of the e-bike journeys much more to make up for it. Or, higher but, since plenty of e-Citi Bike journeys would in all probability have been bus or subway journeys, why not make up for the lack of congestion pricing with a tax on these journeys? Congestion pricing was purported to have generated $1 billion yearly, Citi Bike sees one thing like 30 million journeys per 12 months as of 2022, and as of the top of 2023 one thing like 46% of these journeys have been on e-bikes. So if we tacked a compulsory MTA surcharge onto every electrified Citi Bike journey, it might solely price the e-Citi Bike person…
…$72.46 per journey to offset the congestion pricing pause.
Appears doable to me.
In the meantime, Paris has put in one thing like a billion miles of motorbike lanes for the Olympics:
And has even legalized “salmoning,” my one enduring contribution to the English language:
Plus they even get to maintain their mountain biking venue:
The Video games will additional strengthen Elancourt Hill’s leisure dimension. Open to everybody, it should grow to be a serious vacation spot for mountain bike lovers, no matter their ability stage, in addition to followers of strolling and jogging. The hill may also grow to be an space for household walks in a secure, pollution-free setting surrounded by regenerated nature.
All whereas banning shared scooters:
A lot to the dismay of this lunatic:
Scooters are extra enjoyable than bikes? That’s simply deranged.
As for New York, we stay a half-assed bike metropolis at greatest, and as a substitute of banning shared scooters we simply stick ’em within the Bronx:
It’s because individuals love throwing e-scooters into rivers, and the Bronx is the one borough in all of New York Metropolis with an precise contemporary water river.
Talking of the Olympics, the YouTubes received’t let me embed the video, however Australia beat the UK within the crew pursuit when a rider slipped off his saddle within the closing lap:
I used to snort on the outdated “no slip system,” however the Brits have been only a few stitches away from a gold medal:
[From here.]
However the greatest information from the Olympics is the retirement of Phil Liggett:
Mechanical drivetrains, rim brakes, biking caps, Phil Liggett–all of this stuff are disappearing for good. It actually does really feel like the top of an period…
Hopefully he will get some good miles in.
When the Sun Sets, Your Bike Light Takes the Lead 
