Day: December 11, 2007
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Highlights of Yesterday’s Traffic Commission Meeting
Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller's team at the Department of Transportation has been taking ideas offered up by Traffic Mitigation Commission members and running them through NYMTC's regional traffic model. Schaller's job is to help the Commission determine how effective each of these ideas will be in cutting traffic and reducing total vehicle miles traveled in New York City. To keep its $354.5 million federal transportation grant, the City must reduce VMT 6.3 percent using road pricing.
December 11, 2007
NYC Car Commuters Are Wealthier and Cops All Drive to Work
I'm not sure that this particular set of facts matters one bit to Traffic Mitigation Commission member Richard Brodsky, who claims to represent the little guy in the congestion pricing debate, but New York City's Independent Budget Office released a report today demolishing the argument that pricing is unfair to the poor and working class (download it here).
December 11, 2007
New Grand Army Plaza Concept is ‘Brilliantly Obvious’
In the most recent issue of the Architect's Newspaper, Editor-in-Chief William Menking has some very enthusiastic things to say about the Grand Army Plaza Coalition's project, Rethinking Grand Army Plaza (download the proposal here) which was recently awarded a 2007-2008 Design Trust fellowship. Menking writes:
December 11, 2007
Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion
It looks like the street redesign around the Manhattan entrance of the Manhattan Bridge is nearing completion. Considering that Transportation Alternatives has been pushing for these fixes for years, that was pretty fast. DOT presented its plan to the local Community Board, to unanimous approval, in July; sketched out the lines on the street in August; and here we are.
December 11, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Traffic Commission Looks at Taxi Stands, License Plate Rationing… (NYT, Sun) Mayor and Governor OK Fare Hikes (News) MTA Could Have Prevented Fare Hike With Increased Variable Tolls (MTR) Stand Clear of the Angry Editorials & Man-on-the-Street Interviewees (News) Quinn Says MTA Should “Heed” Brodsky’s “Offer” of State Funding (Daily Politics) Gore Accepts Nobel Prize. … Continued
December 11, 2007