Op-Ed: Stop the Runaway LaGuardia AirTrain
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New York should pull the plug on this $2-billion boondoggle. But the governor wants it, so it is hurtling ahead.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Environmental Review
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Do All The Good You Can’ — The Life of Urban Ecology Pioneer Carolyn Konheim
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Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81.
LEGAL EASE: How NIMBYs Use ‘Environmental Review’ to Stop Green Projects
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The CPW and 14th lawsuits aim to vex, trouble, and delay traffic improvements. How we can stop them?
DADDY MOREBUCKS: Rich Upper West Siders Seek Cash to Continue Bike Lane Fight
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"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.
The Feds Want to Reform the Cult of “Level of Service”
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“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 […]
Do Environmental Reviews for Road Projects Help the Environment?
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It’s been more than 40 years since the National Environmental Policy Act was enacted. In that time, America has built a lot of emissions-inducing, land-devouring highway infrastructure despite the environmental review process mandated by NEPA. It’s fair to ask: When it comes to transportation infrastructure, does environmental review make a difference for the environment? To comply with federal environmental […]