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London Mayor Wants $45 Fee From Pollution-Making SUV’s
Here is a little something to think about as the fine particulate matter settles deep into your lungs on this lovely Ozone Alert Day. While New York City politely suggests via electronic highway billboard and half-assed p.r. campaigns, that motorists switch to mass transit on days like today, the BBC reports that the Mayor of London wants to reprogram the city's three-year-old congestion charging system to hit the owners of the most heavily polluting personal vehicles with a whopping £25 fee to drive into the city center (that's $45!).
July 18, 2006
Park Slope Parent Ped Rage
Enjoy this bit of dialogue overheard on the renowned Park Slope Parents e-mail list. A mom pushing a stroller witnesses a bicyclist get hit by a car. Someone else confirms and adds to the story. Others jump in with their own stories of Brooklyn's unmitigated motor vehicle mayhem.
July 18, 2006
Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring
You are welcome to come and see how this is done.
July 17, 2006
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Ozone Alert in New York City: We warn children, the
elderly and people with heart and lung conditions to keep off of city
streets until air quality has improved. We suggest that motorists might use mass transit.
July 17, 2006
Traffic Engineering by Body Count
Van Brunt and Wolcott Streets. Before paint, July 7. After paint, July 14.
July 17, 2006
Why Only One Museum Mile?
Some images and reflections from last night's Museum Mile Festival:
June 14, 2006
Pedestrian-Only Fifth Avenue: Tonight, a Three Hour Test
Tonight is the Museum Mile Festival. From 6:00 to 9:00 pm, twenty-three blocks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd Street to 105th Streets will be closed to traffic for the event billed as "New York's Biggest Block Party." Admission to the museums is free and there are all kinds of events, workshops and street performances.
June 13, 2006
The 96th Street Sidewalk Nibblers
Enjoy the new Clarence Eckerson film, "The Sidewalk Nibblers."
June 8, 2006