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Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny
Among the three cyclist fatality clusters identified by the joint report by the City Departments of Health, Police, Parks and Transportation, the Queensboro Bridge is by far the worst. The entrance intersection at 60th and Second also claimed the award for the most unticketed incidents of block the box in the Borough President's study of lax enforcement of basic traffic rules.
November 6, 2006
Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons
Jacobsen's study has been mentioned in several news stories lately. The Washington Post quotes him as saying:
November 2, 2006
San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (pictured right) emphasized quality of life issues in his annual State of the City address last week. Most significant, Newsom put forward an ambitious transportation agenda and laid out specific targets for increasing bicycling and reducing automobile use:
November 1, 2006
Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden
Planetizen publishes a Q&A with New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden. She says some great things and below are excerpts.
October 11, 2006
Tomorrow, Special Event: What is Traffic’s Human Toll?
A special New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign event.
October 4, 2006
Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement
As we reported this morning, Mayor Bloomberg is in California with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a major policy announcement on a major, long-term, environmental sustainability initiative. The key components of the Mayor's plan include:
September 21, 2006
Statistics and Helmets
There's an old saying: "There's lies, damn lies and then there's statistics". But it's not the data that lie, if properly collected, it's how you interpret the data that matters.
September 19, 2006
Ground Control for Commissioner Tom
New York City Department of Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden speaking at today's event in Central Park announcing a major new bicycle safety initiative. Behind him, from left to right, are Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall, and NYPD Chief of Transportation Michael Scagnelli. No Mayor Bloomberg but, hey, three commissioners and a police chief ain't bad.
September 12, 2006