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This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month?
Sources say that first-term Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams has delivered a lengthy letter to Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Judith Bergtraum expressing opposition to DOT’s 9th Street traffic safety and bike lane plan. Though the Senator, a former cop, has no urban planning or traffic engineering background, he questions DOT’s assertion that its plan … Continued
May 2, 2007
When Streets Are for People
U.S. urban centers large and small are following Latin American cities in periodically shutting off streets to cars, and they are reaping the benefits.
May 2, 2007
New York Magazine Casts a Cynical Eye on “Bloomtopia”
New York Magazine's Chris Smith, who calls congestion pricing a trojan horse, suspects fewer cars and more trees may be a "green screen" for mayor Bloomberg's real estate development agenda:
May 1, 2007
Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London
On-street parking space becomes a pub’s outdoor patio in Covent Garden, London. Photo: Aaron Naparstek
April 27, 2007
Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT’s 9th Street Plan
If you live in or around Park Slope, Brooklyn, then please take just a minute to click this link and send a fax to Borough President Marty Markowitz expressing your support for DOT's traffic safety plan for 9th Street.
April 27, 2007
Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index)
Number of times each of the following words or phrases appears in the PlaNYC chapter on transportation:
April 26, 2007
How Green Is Our Mayor
Bookending his much-vaunted Earth Day speech with congratulatory video clips from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mayor Mike Bloomberg called for New Yorkers to take the initiative in the international fight against global warming, positioning himself as a leader on the issue.
April 23, 2007
Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB
Roosevelt Island's old connection to the Queensboro Bridge -- elevator building, 1916-1956
April 20, 2007
The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing
WABC's John Gambling spoke with Michael Bloomberg this morning. In anticipation of the Mayor's Earth Day speech, they discussed everything from congestion charging to light bulbs. Below are some highlights from their conversation; you can download to the entire show here.
April 20, 2007