Comments on: Where does the mayor spend his time? http://progresspittsburgh.net/2009/04/15/where-does-the-mayor-spend-his-time/ News, Events and Discussions about politics in Pittsburgh Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Muzzle http://progresspittsburgh.net/2009/04/15/where-does-the-mayor-spend-his-time/comment-page-1/#comment-388008 Muzzle Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:40:03 +0000 http://progresspittsburgh.net/?p=910#comment-388008 Seems like there's a general crackdown by the Ravenstahl administration on freely sharing information. Either that, or the Bike Czar is lacking in leadership skills. This is a recent post from Diana Nelson Jones' PG blog: Apr 07 2009 Walk and ye shall receive Yesterday, (in the post below) I wrote that Prevention magazine failed to recognize Pittsburgh's merits in its 2008 Top Ten list of great walking cities. Today, we have learned that Prevention's 2009 list is out and the 'burgh is No. 10. The reason given for our inclusion was that last year, the city appointed its a first-ever pedestrian and bicycling coordinator. Stephen Patchan, an urban planner and a cyclist, was hired last August. We sprung the Top Ten news to him this afternoon, evoking the response, "That's awesome." To quote him further, he asked that we get permission from the mayor's office. Stay tuned for more from Stephen once we clear the quote police. This year's Top 10 are San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Seattle, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., and Pittsburgh. For more information, visit www.prevention.com/cities/ Seems like there’s a general crackdown by the Ravenstahl administration on freely sharing information. Either that, or the Bike Czar is lacking in leadership skills.

This is a recent post from Diana Nelson Jones’ PG blog:

Apr 07 2009
Walk and ye shall receive

Yesterday, (in the post below) I wrote that Prevention magazine failed to recognize Pittsburgh’s merits in its 2008 Top Ten list of great walking cities.

Today, we have learned that Prevention’s 2009 list is out and the ‘burgh is No. 10. The reason given for our inclusion was that last year, the city appointed its a first-ever pedestrian and bicycling coordinator. Stephen Patchan, an urban planner and a cyclist, was hired last August.

We sprung the Top Ten news to him this afternoon, evoking the response, “That’s awesome.” To quote him further, he asked that we get permission from the mayor’s office. Stay tuned for more from Stephen once we clear the quote police.

This year’s Top 10 are San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Seattle, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., and Pittsburgh.

For more information, visit http://www.prevention.com/cities/

]]> By: Paz http://progresspittsburgh.net/2009/04/15/where-does-the-mayor-spend-his-time/comment-page-1/#comment-387986 Paz Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:59:55 +0000 http://progresspittsburgh.net/?p=910#comment-387986 Seems pretty open for a taped debate to me. It's not as though he isn't doing debate prep already, so the amount of time required for the whole thing is a couple of hours. Heck, since it is taped, they could do it in the middle of the night. Seems pretty open for a taped debate to me. It’s not as though he isn’t doing debate prep already, so the amount of time required for the whole thing is a couple of hours. Heck, since it is taped, they could do it in the middle of the night.

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