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Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes
If you've seen those eerie white "ghost bikes" on Houston Street, you may know that three cyclists have been killed on "the Boulevard of Death" during the past two years: Derek Lake, Brandie Bailey and Andrew Morgan. In the wake of this loss of life, members of Community Board 2's Traffic & Transportation Committee are holding a rally on Wednesday to ask the DOT to install buffered bike lanes as part of the street's reconstruction, which is taking space away from pedestrian islands to create left-turn bays for cars.
August 25, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Demand Management
You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax. --Ancient Economic Adage
August 21, 2006
Sneak Preview of Bloomberg’s 21st Century Urban Vision
As reported in today's Observer a team working under Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff has, for the last year or so, been secretly developing a sweeping, new urban planning vision for New York City. In its scope and ambition, the Observer compares the plan to the 1811 layout of Manhattan's street grid system and the 1929 Regional Plan that gave us many of today's highways and parks.
August 16, 2006
NY1: Why is Bloomberg So Weak on Transportation?
Fifty-nine percent of New Yorkers say Mayor Bloomberg is doing a poor-to-fair job on transportation.
August 16, 2006
European Vacation
DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall's two week European vacation has gotten off to a lousy start. NPR is reporting that Weinshall, her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer, and their two daughters were stuck in Heathrow Airport for hours after yesterday's terrorism arrests. The Commissioner and her family were planning on visiting Amsterdam and Paris but have decided to stay put in London and then go to Paris, a DOT spokesperson says.
August 10, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Says NYC Traffic Congestion is Good.
Mayor Bloomberg offered a depressing-yet-enlightening dose of complacency about the city's traffic crunch this morning. Speaking at Museum of the City of New York's construction kickoff, Bloomberg explained that he'd arrived late because he'd been "huddled with Con Ed" to monitor power usage during the heatwave. After carping a bit about residents turning up their air conditioners at night, he turned to traffic. Normally he blames traffic for his tardiness, he noted, adding:
August 2, 2006