Meatpacking Plaza Update
Here's another photo from Mike Epstein showing progress on the Ninth Avenue redesign at 15th and 14th Streets. The photo is looking southbound.
August 1, 2007
August 1 Congestion Pricing Deadline Has Been Met
This morning, I asked whether Mayor Bloomberg had met the August 1 deadline to submit his congestion pricing plan to the 17-member commission that is supposed to come together to evaluate "traffic mitigation" proposals for New York City. Here's the quick answer, from City Hall spokesman John Gallagher:
August 1, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg’s Morning Commute
The New York Times metro desk has been staking out "MetroCard" Mayor Michael Bloomberg's morning commute for the past five weeks. At first, reporter Michael Grynbaum and his colleagues Cassi Feldman and Cristina Maldonado thought they had a big scoop, according to a reporter's diary on City Room:
August 1, 2007
August 1: The Mayor Shall Submit the Traffic Mitigation Plan
A couple of weeks ago Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer, Senate Leader Bruno and Assembly Speaker Silver agreed to a process that would lead to the formation of a 17-member commission that would evaluate and decide on New York City's congestion pricing proposal.
August 1, 2007
Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase
As we reported yesterday, starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park's West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation:
July 31, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Wheel Simple: NYC Can be One of the World’s Great Bicycling Cities (News) Rough Ride: Kids Fear Bicycling on Brooklyn Streets (News) The Importance of Eco-Cities in an Urbanizing World (Planetizen) Nanjing, China Poised to Adopt Congestion Pricing (China Daily) New East River Park: Hours Too Short, Too Many Rules (News) City Tap Water so … Continued
July 31, 2007
DOT Expands Car-Free Time in Central Park by One Hour
The Dept. of Transportation is announcing that it will add one additional hour of car-free time to Central Park's West Drive during morning rush hour starting Monday, August 6. No incremental improvements have been announced for Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Here is DOT's announcement:
July 30, 2007
Parking Meters: The Congestion Pricing Controversy of 1932
By now we're all familiar with the litany of complaints about the City's new traffic control plan: It's an unfair and burdensome new tax; it's going to kill retail business and hurt the little guy; and most of all, it's just plain "un-American."
July 30, 2007
Sadik-Khan: Many Initiatives Are Under Way…
Today's Crain's Insider, available to subscribers only, reports on the next steps for the Bloomberg Administration's broader Long-Term Sustainability Plan now that congestion pricing has cleared its first hurdle in Albany:
July 30, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Congestion Pricing Still Alive (NYT) Irrational Fear of Cyclists on the Upper East Side (NYT) Congestion Pricing Represents Shift in Thinking on Environmental Policy (Grist) Manhattan Needs More Than a Toll to Unclog Traffic (NJ.com) Manchester, UK, Moves Towards Congestion Pricing (Guardian, BBC) Everyone Needs to Vent: For Ambulance Worker, It’s Diesel (Sun) Gansevoort Plaza … Continued
July 30, 2007