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City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking
What could be worse than replacing neighborhood parks with private parking decks, built with the specific intent of increasing car trips by the tens of thousands through a community already suffering from so much disease-causing pollution that its nickname is "Asthma Alley"?
April 9, 2007
Tonight: Help DOT Build a River-to-River Bike Connection
DOT wants 20th and 21st Streets to be Lower Manhattan's prime river-to-river bike route.
April 5, 2007
Study: Sidewalks Can’t Handle Transit Traffic
As New York ponders - and ducks - a solution to gridlocked streets in the wake of the mayor's 2030 plan, transportation planners across the Hudson are contemplating a marked increase in congestion on the city's already overburdened sidewalks.
April 4, 2007
Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish
Please note: This was an April Fool's Day post...
April 1, 2007
Sneak Peek at DOT’s Plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street
Note: Below is the most recent update of DOT's 9th Street plan.
March 29, 2007
Should DOT Install Separated Bike Lanes on 9th Street?
I will not be able to attend tonight's big meeting in Brooklyn so I really hope that someone will ask DOT about this and report back on what they say:
March 29, 2007
Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT’s 9th Street Proposal?
As noted elsewhere, tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will consider a plan by DOT to redesign 9th Street from Third Avenue to Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
March 29, 2007
Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
A tipster spotted this Parks Department garbage truck doing its morning rounds on the sidewalk at Plaza Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, near the Grand Army Plaza subway stop in Brooklyn today. "As far as I can tell," he writes, "the sole reason for it is so the workers don't have to move the trash cans as far, but at the expense of safety (and propriety). There are many adults and children walking here due to nearby subway exit."
March 28, 2007