On the phone last week, both he and Reichert were somewhat giddy, reporting their plans to invest their winnings in AeroVelo and continue their research in aviation and other forms of human-powered transit.
On Monday, security was stepped up at airports, stadiums, transit hubs and in Times Square as investigators continued their search for a perpetrator, and New Yorkers, accustomed to disruptions, went about their day.
The risks involved in this grim journey north are no deterrent and thousands of African migrants, without jobs or prospects in their countries, will continue to transit in Agadez each year.
It says: "PM and RJR want to go in at 40 baht and continue with transit [industry jargon for smuggling] to supply demand".
"Australia will continue to transit the South China Sea, including conducting maritime surveillance missions consistent with our rights under international law, as it has been doing for more than three decades now," she said.
The office of the defence minister, Kevin Andrews, said Australia would "continue to transit the South China Sea" but emphasised that such patrols were not a new phenomenon and that the government had not had any formal discussions with its close ally, the US.
While transit authorities as public agencies continue to deliver transit services in some cities, many others have privatised these services, have opened up the market to private operators or have outsourced them to newly founded subsidiaries.
We will continue to monitor Transit's progress in addressing the systemic issues raised in this report".
In my book, L.A. needs to continue to build transit not just for the construction jobs it will create but so the rest of us who still have jobs can get to them and keep them here.
And as cities begin to think more carefully about how parking relates to their urban development, their density and their transit accessibility, it's likely that parking spaces will continue to decline around the world.
