Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Environmental Review

Are Environmental Reviews to Blame for Infrastructure Project Delays?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 15, 2011

Highway projects can take 10 to 15 years from planning through construction. The length of the process leads to cost overruns, some due to inflation, some from having to pay engineers and contractors for years on end. No matter how you feel about the worthiness of road capacity expansion, if a project gets built it […]

Oddo: Bike Lanes Were Just to Grab Attention for Loosening Enviro Review

By Noah Kazis | Jan 28, 2011 | 15 Comments

City Council Minority Leader James Oddo has a surprising message for Streetsblog and its commenters: “Thank you.” We didn’t think too highly of Oddo’s proposal to require environmental review for bike lanes. And experts said it would throw an unnecessary road block in front of expanding the bike network, making the projects exceedingly slow and […]

Enviro Law Experts: Review For Bike Lanes a Waste of Taxpayer Money

By Noah Kazis | Jan 26, 2011 | 17 Comments

You know something’s amiss when you hear Republicans calling for more red tape and government bureaucracy, as Staten Island Council Members James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio did earlier this week with their call to require environmental review for all new bike lanes. But let’s indulge Oddo and Ignizio and take their proposal seriously for a […]

Council Mem James Oddo: Require Enviro Review for All New Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jan 24, 2011 | 36 Comments

Last week’s release of “before” and “after” stats on the Prospect Park West bike lane tells an increasingly familiar story: A DOT redesign has increased cycling while making the street safer for pedestrians and drivers. Since safer streets make it easier for New Yorkers to get around without a car, and since biking and walking […]

Land Use Process Likely Safe in Charter Revision, But Major Issues Simmer

By Noah Kazis | Jun 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

Former Staten Island Council Member Stephen Fiala defends the role of borough presidents in land use decision-making. Image: SI Advance. The city’s Charter Revision Commission held its fifth issue forum last night, discussing the city’s complex land use process. Based on the commentary of a panel of expert witnesses, a major revision of the city’s […]

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New GOP Bill Would Bar Enviro Reviews From Considering Climate

By Elana Schor | Apr 20, 2010

Republicans on the Senate environment committee, who months ago began criticizing the Obama administration for evaluating federally funded infrastructure projects for their impact on climate change, today introduced legislation that would bar the White House from making climate a factor in environmental reviews. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), one of the new NEPA bill’s sponsors, holds […]

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