Don’t Let Cuomo Greenwash His Cars-Only Tappan Zee Bridge
Governor Andrew Cuomo may have axed plans ten years in the making to build transit across the Tappan Zee Bridge, but hey, at least he promised to consider turning the old structure into a park, right?
February 24, 2012
DOT Proposes Five Ped Refuges For Hillside Avenue in Queens
One of the most dangerous streets in Queens is slated for a safety upgrade, with the Department of Transportation proposing five new pedestrian refuge islands along Hillside Avenue [PDF]. The intervention is a relatively modest one, however, with no narrowing of the roadway and fewer pedestrian refuges than a previous proposal for the corridor.
February 24, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Staten Island Hit-And-Run Killer Still at Large, Just as Defense Attorneys Prefer (Advance, Gothamist) Tech Firms Compete to Offer Bike-Riding Employees Best Amenities (Marketplace) Fourteen Arrested For Forging NYCHA Parking Placards (News) Second Pedestrian Killed This Week in Traffic Crash in Downtown Flushing (Times-Ledger) Queens Officials Unveil Plaque For Pat Dolan, Killed By Driver in November … Continued
February 24, 2012
Eyes On The Street: Cyclists Ticketing Cyclists
Via Bowery Boogie, two photos of bike-riding NYPD officers writing up two other cyclists for running red lights at the corner of Bowery and Delancey.
February 23, 2012
Nashville Scrapped Parking Minimums Downtown. Why Can’t Brooklyn?
Want to understand just how twisted the politics of parking are in New York City? Take a look at Nashville, Tennessee.
February 22, 2012
Cuomo Admin Silent as Media Questions Tappan Zee Fuzzy Math
As advocates for transit on the Tappan Zee Bridge take to the airwaves, the media are starting to ask questions about the Cuomo administration's ever-shifting and unexplained cost estimates for the project.
February 21, 2012
In Speech, Vacca Promises Support for Select Bus Service, Pedestrian Safety
In a speech this morning at NYU's Rudin Center for Transportation, City Council Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca laid out his agenda for the coming year. His remarks focused on efforts to support Select Bus Service outside the Manhattan core and to improve pedestrian safety. Also on Vacca's list were curbing placard abuse and enforcing existing regulations on commercial cyclists.
February 21, 2012
NYC’s Most Irresistible Street Safety Campaign
Are these New York's youngest traffic safety advocates?
February 17, 2012