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Separated at Birth?
You know that a change in the zeitgeist is afoot when Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's transportation policy conference tomorrow provides fodder for the New York Post's Page Six:
October 11, 2006
Important Manhattan Transportation Forum on Thursday
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is holding a day-long forum on Manhattan's transportation future. Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogota, Colombia, will be the keynote speaker. This should be a great event. Peñalosa is the inspiring and visionary politician who transformed his city of 7 million into a model for sustainable urban transportation.
October 10, 2006
NYC Finally Cracking Down on Security Barriers
In the aftermath of September 11th, concrete and steel barriers sprouted like mushrooms around big buildings in New York City. It almost seemed to me to be a kind of status symbol. You knew you worked in an important building if your landlord had hardened it against truck bombs.
October 9, 2006
Parking it in Midtown
Today is International Park(ing) Day. Also known as a "parking squat," Park(ing) is a quasi-legal reclamation of urban street space in which a metered, curbside parking spaces are transformed into urban parkland complete with sod, benches, trees and human beings. Here is how Park(ing) Day is being celebrated this morning in Midtown Manhattan on 8th Avenue near 30th Street:
September 21, 2006
Street Films: Hell’s Kitchen Miracle Ticket
Hell's Kitchen Miracle TicketA Clarence Eckerson Street FilmRunning time: 1:13 - 3.59 MB, QuickTime
September 8, 2006
Rally for a Livable Houston Street
(Photo by Will Sherman of Transportation Alternatives)
August 31, 2006