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Legislator Wants New Jersey Rep on Pricing Panel
By Brad Aaron |
From the Star-Ledger: The leader of the New Jersey Senate called on New York yesterday to find a seat on its 17-member congestion pricing commission for a representative from New Jersey. Senate President Richard J. Codey said 250,000 New Jersey commuters a day would be affected if New York approves congestion pricing. "This is a […]
Auto-Free New York: Ride Downtown Newark’s New Light Rail Line
By Aaron Donovan |
Auto-Free New York‘s monthly meeting will be a field trip to see Newark’s new light rail line, which opened July 17, 2006.
Today’s Headlines
By Ben Fried |
TLC Preparing Two Pilot Programs for Cab Ride Sharing (NYT, News, Post) MTA Board Chair, Interim CEO Both Angling for New Transit Chief Job (News) Business Is Booming for Street Vendors Along Pedestrian Broadway (Post) Sunset Park Car Owners Want Relaxed Alt-Side Parking Rules Too (News) Vanderbilt Ave in Prospect Heights Will Get Summer Streets […]
Walking Tour: Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York: Battery Park City: A New Neighborhood Rises
By Aaron Donovan |
In conjunction with a new exhibition, Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York, eight walking tours will take participants to places associated with Jane Jacobs’ life and work and to communities that illustrate her planning principles — or call them into question. Battery Park City: A New Neighborhood RisesThe planners of Battery Park City […]
Transit Movies Presentation – New York Subway, Queens Route
By Aaron Donovan |
A movie screening for a film about the New York subway, Queens route, sponsored by the Electric Railroaders Association, New York Division.
A Ride Down NYC’s “Street of the Future”
By Aaron Naparstek |
For years, Livable Streets advocates have pleaded with New York City’s Department of Transportation to just try new things. Do street design experiments using temporary materials. Give new ideas a shot. If an experiment doesn’t work, take it down, redesign it, improve it or, heck, just restore it to how it used to be. What […]