Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Environmental Review

OPINION: Time to Staff Up ‘Traffic Mobility Review Board’

By Larry Penner | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments

While Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo dither on congestion pricing, they could at least appoint members to the review board that was created under the same state law that created congestion pricing.

A rendering shows what the AirTrain station would look like at Willets Point. Image: AbetterwaytoLGA.com

Op-Ed: Stop the Runaway LaGuardia AirTrain

By Benjamin Kabak | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

New York should pull the plug on this $2-billion boondoggle. But the governor wants it, so it is hurtling ahead.

Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81. This photo is from the mid-1980s.

IN MEMORIAM: ‘Do All The Good You Can’ — The Life of Urban Ecology Pioneer Carolyn Konheim

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 2, 2019 | No Comments

Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81.

The city is cutting funding for placard enforcement and improving bus service. Photo: Dave Colon

LEGAL EASE: How NIMBYs Use ‘Environmental Review’ to Stop Green Projects

By Noah Kazis | Aug 16, 2019 | 7 Comments

The CPW and 14th lawsuits aim to vex, trouble, and delay traffic improvements. How we can stop them?

The Central Park West protected bike lane, which will not be restored to an unprotected lane. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DADDY MOREBUCKS: Rich Upper West Siders Seek Cash to Continue Bike Lane Fight

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 9, 2019 | 26 Comments

"I would be outraged if my condo or co-op fees were being used to support this," said someone who has seen the solicitation letter.

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The Feds Want to Reform the Cult of “Level of Service”

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 28, 2016 | No Comments

“What you measure is what you get,” the saying goes. That’s certainly true for transportation policy. And for a very long time one metric has reigned supreme on American streets: “Level of Service,” a system that assigns letter grades based on motorist delay. Roughly speaking, a street with free-flowing traffic gets an A while one where […]

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