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Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life
The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a citizen-driven project that began with a handful of insane visionaries picking up trash and planting flowers beside a BQE off-ramp, is taking shape on Columbia Street.
December 21, 2007
The One Carbon Tax That Couldn’t
Assembly Member Richard Brodsky, archenemy of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, is urging the mayor to seek a carbon tax instead. So he said, following Monday's meeting of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, as reported by Streetsblog and confirmed by at least one other observer.
December 20, 2007
MTA Cheered and Jeered, But Mostly Jeered
Reactions were mixed to yesterday's MTA fare hike approval. That is to say -- with the exception of the New York Post -- there was enough criticism to go around as to generally avoid repetition.
December 20, 2007
Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free
"If you were to design the ultimate system, you would have mass transit be free and charge an enormous amount for cars."
December 18, 2007
This Holiday Season London’s Streets Are “Absolutely Jammed”
London retailers enjoyed a £100 million spending spree as Oxford, Bond and Regents Streets were closed to motor vehicle traffic for a day
December 10, 2007
Is America Finally Getting Interested in Passenger Rail?
Despite fierce and prevalent Amtrak hating, and although I have yet to hear any presidential candidate discuss it, nationally syndicated columnist Neal Peirce suggests that "the stars are finally coming into alignment" for improvements of America's passenger rail system. He writes:
December 10, 2007
Replace Penn Station Rats’ Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard
Penn Station concourse under West 33rd Street
December 7, 2007
Good Streets Include Streetcars
Last stop for Brooklyn's trolley dodgers at Fairway Market in Red Hook.
December 4, 2007
Its Showtime for the DOT Parking Team
As usual, traffic was heavy on 125th Street outside the Alhambra Ballroom in central Harlem, Wednesday evening, where the Department of Transportation held its fourth of seven planned workshops to discuss parking strategies in neighborhoods bordering the City's proposed congestion pricing zone.
November 30, 2007
Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has chosen Paris for its 2008 Sustainable Transportation Award. In a letter from the ITDP Board of Directors to Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, the Institute praises the French capitol's recent transportation policies, most notably the Vélib project:
November 30, 2007