Queens Leaders Fight Safety Fixes for Fatal School Crossing
DOT plans to simplify a dangerous Queens intersection where a school teacher was killed last December.
August 28, 2007
First-Ever Electronic Bus Status Display Installed in Manhattan
A camera phone-toting tipster reports seeing workers installing what appears to be New York City's first-ever real-time bus status display board this morning inside a bus shelter at First Avenue and E. 14th Street along the M15 route. We'll put in some calls to the MTA and DOT to get the details.
August 24, 2007
DOT Seeks Assistant Commissioner for Congestion Pricing
Here's a job listing you're not going to find on Craigslist Westchester or in the Queens Tribune: The New York City Department of Transportation's new Office of Planning and Sustainability is (or was) looking for an Assistant Commissioner for Congestion Pricing.
August 24, 2007
Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better
A buffered section of Manhattan's 8th Avenue bike lane.
August 24, 2007
Lew Fidler Laments Impending Loss of Parking Permit
The Daily Politics' Liz Benjamin captured this little off-the-cuff gem in her interview yesterday with Brooklyn Council member Lew Fidler. Fidler, who called the 17-member congestion pricing commission "a sham," is emerging as one of City Council's most outspoken congestion pricing critics:
August 24, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Outer Boro Council Members Say Pricing Commission “a Sham” (Gotham Gazette) Fidler Rips Quinn Over Pricing, Discusses His Parking Permit (Daily Politics) Obama Misfires With $3/Gallon Line at Brooklyn Rally (Gothamist) No Staten Islanders on Pricing Panel? Add a Blogger (Advance) Georgia Legislature Debates Whether Climate Change is Real (Grist) Rival Drivers Groups Disagree on … Continued
August 24, 2007
Feds to NYC: “Get on the Bus”
Looking closely at the conditions attached to the $354.5 million federal grant New York City received today, a few things jump out right away:
August 14, 2007
Details of the US DOT’s $354.5 Million Grant to NYC
The Agreement:
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $354.5 million through its Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) to New York to implement the Mayor's congestion pricing program (or an alternative plan approved by USDOT as described below). The funds have been awarded jointly to the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).
August 14, 2007