Today’s Headlines
No Parking Spot? Here Are About 142,000 Reasons (NYT) Twice as Many Parking Placards Issued as City Hall Thought (Sun) Auxiliary Cops See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult (NYT) Chicago Gets More Than 400 New Traffic Enforcement Cams Moynihan Station Plan is Sputtering (NYT) Cuomo Improves Albany Transparency Web Site (Times Union) OPEC Tells … Continued
March 6, 2008
Hakeem Jeffries Stands With Westchester on Congestion Pricing
With a massive, mid-day traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge helping to set the scene, Richard Brodsky kicked off his City Hall press conference yesterday with an invitation to the scores of civic groups pushing for congestion pricing. Or maybe it was a threat.
February 29, 2008
The Definition of Automobile Dependence
Working for a failing automaker to make enough money to keep your beat-up, failing mini van rolling through your sprawled-out, failing city. From today's New York Times story on escalating gasoline prices.
February 27, 2008
Citywide Ferry Service Could Cost $100M Annually
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called for the introduction of comprehensive, citywide ferry service at her State of the City Address a couple of weeks ago. That made John Kaehny wonder how the ferries would be paid for and how much they'd cost. This week's Queens Chronicle seems to have part of the answer:
February 22, 2008
Congestion Pricing Populist Soundbite Contest
Why do Richard Brodsky and Walter McCaffrey get to have all of the populist soundbite fun?
February 20, 2008
Ideas Competition for Brooklyn’s Grandest Plaza
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo) and The Design Trust for Public Space have launched a website for their "Ideas Competition" called Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, which is intended to generate new visions for the plaza's design. The jury will award three cash prizes to the winners, and along with other top entries will be exhibited in an outdoor exhibition at Grand Army Plaza later this year.
February 20, 2008