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Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium
Spencer Wilking reports:
December 12, 2007
Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion
It looks like the street redesign around the Manhattan entrance of the Manhattan Bridge is nearing completion. Considering that Transportation Alternatives has been pushing for these fixes for years, that was pretty fast. DOT presented its plan to the local Community Board, to unanimous approval, in July; sketched out the lines on the street in August; and here we are.
December 11, 2007
Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday
Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, will be in New York next week, with a number of events on Monday culminating in an evening appearance at Fordham University. Here's a rundown.
December 7, 2007
Replace Penn Station Rats’ Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard
Penn Station concourse under West 33rd Street
December 7, 2007
Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections
Crashstat shows Fordham Rd. in the Bronx to be one of the most dangerous streets in New York City.
December 4, 2007
T.A. Responds to Fidler’s Tax’n’Tunnel Pipe Dream
We probably shouldn't be lavishing any more attention on Lew Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel proposal but Transportation Alternatives' Paul Steely White fired off a pretty good, concise response to the Daily News the other day:
November 28, 2007
NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC’s Livable Streets Movement
Arrest Her! T.A. membership coordinator Abby King tears up the streets on a "sport utility bicycle."
November 27, 2007
StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing
StreetFilms joined up with Transportation Alternatives' Executive Director, Paul Steely White to talk about congestion pricing with express bus commuters in Bay Ridge. Bus riders told White that they'd like to have more buses and a faster commute. One commuter pointed out that virtually every automobile on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway carries just one person.
November 19, 2007
MTA Chief Links Congestion Pricing to Fare Hike… or Not
MTA Chief Lee Sander told CBS reporter Marcia Kramer on Wednesday that the passage of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing pilot project may help stave off a fare hike.
November 9, 2007