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Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released
Transportation Alternatives has released a study of parking permit abuse among New York City employees (as observed in nine neighborhoods). Their press release notes the study's key findings:
September 28, 2006
Another Model: Berkeley’s Bicycle Boulevard Network
Yesterday I showed some photos of the "Share the Road" Bike Route signs that were recently installed on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn and that sparked an interesting discussion on different possible ways to design and build on-street bike paths. This summer I was in Berkeley, California for a friend's wedding. NYCSR filmmaker Clarence Eckerson was also in Berkeley recently and we both snapped a bunch of photos of that city's extensive "Bicycle Boulevard" network. For some more ideas of what might be possible in New York City, take a look:
September 27, 2006
Urban Density and a Pocketbook Plea for Congestion Pricing
Of the ten largest cities in the United States, New York has far and away the greatest population density: 26,402.9 people per square mile, more than double the second densest big city, Chicago. The chart at right shows how the largest metropolitan areas stack up in terms of core population, overall population and core population density. This fact alone should force New York City authorities to think differently than the rest of the country on all sorts of matters of public policy. New York is a quantitatively different animal than the other big American metropolitan regions in terms of percentage of people that live in the core, density and size of the core and size of the metropolitan area.
September 26, 2006
The Queensboro Meat Grinder
Classic Scene near Queensboro Bridge on Second Avenue (note red light!) Every morning I walk past scenes like this near the Queensboro Bridge (QBB) on Second Avenue. Traffic blocks up on Second Avenue north of the two major crosstown exit routes at 60th and 57th Streets all the way to 70th Street and beyond. The … Continued
September 26, 2006
More Park(ing) Photos From San Fran
It's not everyday that people are out on the street doing art installations dedicated to parking and land use policy, so here are some more scenes from Park(ing) Day San Francisco, snapped by Clarence Eckerson:
September 25, 2006
Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco
Park(ing) Day San FranciscoA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 6:51 - 22.05 MB, QuickTime
September 25, 2006
Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging
Streetsblog: So, what happened in yesterday's election?
September 19, 2006
Street Renaissance Antics on Atlantic Avenue
Yesterday was the Atlantic Antic, the annual, day-long festival along Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue, in its 32nd year now. What a beautiful day. You'd be hard-pressed to find a place where as diverse a range of people and activities are brought together in such a natural and comfortable way:
September 18, 2006
Streetsblog Interview: Ryan Russo
Ryan Russo is the New York City Department of Transportation's Director for Street Management and Safety, a newly-created job that he started in July. Previously, Russo worked as DOT's Downtown Brooklyn Transportation Coordinator where he was instrumental in designing and developing a number of improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and more livable streets (PDF file) over the last three years. Streetsblog caught up with Russo on Tuesday, a few hours after the City's big bike safety announcement:
September 14, 2006
The Three Big Bicyclist Fatality Clusters
It was noted on the Brian Lehrer show this morning that the City's Bicyclist Fatality and Injury Report (PDF file) identifies three specific locations or "clusters" where bicycle fatalities were unusually common between 1996 and 2005. A "cluster" is defined as "three or more fatalities within 1,000 feet." The three densest clusters were found on the east side of Manhattan north of Midtown, Park Slope in Brooklyn and Hunts Point in the Bronx. From page 11 of the report:
September 14, 2006