Welcome to Davis, California: A Bicycle Friendly Town
StreetFilms' Clarence Eckerson has been in Davis, California the last few days, filming one of the premier bicycling cities in the United States. Clarence has a preliminary report and some photos up on the web site with a StreetFilm yet to come. It's worth a quick look.
July 25, 2007
Today’s Headlines
MTA Plan Would Raise Tolls and Fares 6.5% (NYT, Sun, News) Fatal Staten Island Crash: Teen Driver “Was All Show: (News, NYT) Taxi Drives Call for Strike Over GPS, Video, Credit Card System (News, Sun, NYT) Compromising on Congestion and Campaign Cash (Goth Gazette) Congestion Pricing Pro and Con (The Indypendent) Green Cities Program Advances … Continued
July 25, 2007
Congestion Pricing Bill, Take 3.
Liz Benjamin has the latest scoop on congestion pricing legislation in Albany: The third version of a bill dealing with congestion mitigation in the city was introduced yesterday in both houses of the state Legislature. The Assembly and Senate are scheduled to return to Albany Thursday to take up this new bill – and nothing … Continued
July 24, 2007
Here is the State Senate’s Congestion Pricing Bill
Here, at last, is a draft copy of the New York State Senate congestion pricing "compromise" bill. The bill does not yet have a number and was never brought to a vote. It has been circulating since July 19.
July 24, 2007
Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene
Luc Nadal of the Institute for Transportation Development Policy sends along these photos showing some of the exciting new things happening on Parisian streets these days.
July 24, 2007
Reconnecting Grand Army Plaza
One of the most ambitious New York City Streets Renaissance projects currently underway is the Grand Army Plaza Coalition's initiative to re-conceive New York City's biggest, most chaotic traffic rotary into one of the city's finest public spaces.
July 24, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Legislature Will Return Thursday to Consider “Traffic Mitigation” (City Room) Lawmakers Expected to Approve Creation of Congestion Pricing Panel (NY1) Congestion Pricing Plan Now a Test for Council Speaker Quinn (Sun) Hamptons Mulls Congestion Pricing Too (Sun) After Rejecting Bikes Lanes, CB8 Looks Forward to Sidewalk Cycling Ban (Sun) 45,000 Rides/Day and Counting for First … Continued
July 24, 2007
Senator in Gridlocked Brooklyn District Has Doubts About Pricing
For a sense of the challenge that lays ahead for congestion pricing supporters, take a look at the mailer that Brooklyn Democratic State Senator Velmanette Montgomery sent to all of her constituents last week. Montgomery has a smart, engaged staff when it comes to transportation policy and she has often been helpful when it comes to Livable Streets issues.
July 23, 2007
Crain’s: Congestion Pricing Approval is a “Near Certainty”
Contrary to some of the more pessimistic analyses that appeared after last week's congestion pricing deal (like ours, theirs and this one too), Crain's Erik Engquist writes that "details of the deal make approval of Manhattan driving fees a near certainty next year."
The article is for subscribers only on the Crain's web site:
July 23, 2007
Today’s Headlines
In Traffic Plan for City, Hardest Part Lies Ahead (NYT) Thursday Session to Vote on Pricing Could Hinge on Dems (News) Nine Cities Competing for Federal Funds (Post) For Bloomberg, a Small Victory Breeds Work (Sun) MTA Considering Fare Hike (NY1) NYC Bike Plan is Put on the Fast Track (Sun) Metro-North Ribbon Cutting at … Continued
July 23, 2007