A version of this post originally appeared as an Op-Ed on Streetsblog NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has rightly called for breaking “car culture” and reducing the number of private vehicles by 50% by 2050 in his “Let’s Go” Transportation Vision for the Five Boroughs. Reducing parking, the space…

Dear NYC City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (and team) Thank you for fighting for Fair Fares and genuinely caring about underprivileged New Yorkers. Please fight to reduce the number of vehicles in NYC as hard as you have fought for Fair Fares. Fight for safer streets Fight for cleaner air Fight for less noise Fight for climate change Fight for efficient transportation Fight for a better New York.

Reviewing 2017 marks my 8th “Personal Annual Report” covering a span of 10 years. There was no report covering 2015 or 2016 and I want to explain why and share a little of the process and goals that shape each annual report. Personal Goals Data analysis and Data Visualization have always been…

It was a chilly day in April when I committed. After months of interest, research and planning I finally did it. I purchased a bike. Not “a” bike, but an Xtracycle. A FAMILY BIKE. First, some background on how I fell in love with biking in NYC. After what seemed…