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Chicago Gets NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money
The New York State Assembly is doing a great job... for the people of Chicago.
April 29, 2008
COMMUTE’s BRT Plan: A Denser Network and Interborough Lines
COMMUTE's proposals for BRT routes in the five boroughs, shown next to DOT's current plan. View an enlarged version.
April 25, 2008
Sadik-Khan: We’re Putting the Square Back in Madison Square
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan gave a brief, clear-eyed overview of the city's post-pricing transportation agenda today at the Regional Plan Association's 18th Annual Regional Assembly. Speaking at a panel discussion called "Making Cars Pay Their Way," she rattled off a list of projects in the works, including some public space improvements that are certain to quicken the pulse of livable streets types.
April 18, 2008
A Transit Miracle on 34th Street
NYC DOT is proposing to turn Manhattan's 34th Street into a river-to-river "transitway."
April 17, 2008
Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A.
Nick Whitaker files this first in a series of Streetfilms on transportation for Streetsblog Los Angeles. Here, we hear from LA City Council Member Wendy Greuel, Director of LA County Regional Transit Planning Rex Gephardt, and Executive Director of the Transit Coalition, Bart Reed, on how the city's burgeoning Bus Rapid Transit system can be a stepping stone to expanding future transportation choices.
April 11, 2008
NYC’s First Bus Rapid Transit Line Debuts in the Bronx
L-R: Assembly Members José Rivera and Adriano Espaillat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, MTA CEO Lee Sander and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión at Fordham Plaza today
March 25, 2008
Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated]
Ben Fried reports live from the City Council congestion pricing hearing, underway at City Hall:
March 24, 2008
Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing
A map presented by Lee Sander shows routes of short-term transit improvements (slide available in this PDF).
March 3, 2008
Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class
Streetfilms captured highlights of Enrique Penalosa's appearance with COMMUTE.
February 20, 2008