Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Interviews

Transportation Engineers Are Ethically Bound to Protect Public Safety. Too Many Do Not.

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 11, 2017

Licensed transportation engineers are supposed to abide by an ethical code of conduct that places the highest priority on public safety. But if you look outside at the closest street, you'll probably see the result of engineering decisions that are antithetical to protecting people's lives.

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Keith Benjamin Brings a Fresh Perspective to City Streets in Charleston

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 11, 2017

After developing policies to make transportation systems more equitable at U.S. DOT under Anthony Foxx, Keith Benjamin is helming the city DOT in Charleston.

Ryan Russo walks through the redesign of Queens Boulevard for Streetfilms.

Ryan Russo on NYC’s Bike Network Progress, Community Boards, and the Evolution of DOT

By Ben Fried | May 9, 2017 | 7 Comments

Russo discusses the state of bike network development, the potential introduction of different types of safety improvements to NYC streets, and how the public process for street redesign projects might be improved.

Russo remembers seeing a mother and daughter cycling on the Ninth Avenue protected bike lane soon after it debuted in 2007: "The idea that someone who's seven or eight years old would ride their own bicycle on an avenue in Manhattan -- it was an outlandish concept. The fact that someone had done that made me realize people were going to respond to this." Photo: NACTO

Q&A With Ryan Russo on the Early Days of the Plaza Program and Protected Bike Lanes in NYC

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2017 | 1 Comment

Few people have been so closely involved in the transformation of the city's streets over such a long period of time as Ryan Russo. So between his last day at NYC DOT and his move to the West Coast, I caught up with him to get an insider's perspective on more than a dozen years of change to NYC streets.

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Q&A With Dongho Chang, a Traffic Engineer Who Stresses Safety Over Speed

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2017

Dongho Chang belongs to a new generation of transportation engineers who see their job as more than moving cars. His work with Seattle DOT has established the city as a national leader on designing multi-modal streets. We recently spoke to Chang about his work in Seattle and how the profession is changing.

Public Advocate Tish James Wants More Movement on Vision Zero

By David Meyer | Jan 26, 2016 | 5 Comments

As a council member representing Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, and parts of Crown Heights, Tish James was a vocal proponent of redesigning Grand Army Plaza and other street safety initiatives. Since her election to the public advocate’s office two years ago, James has amplified her message about the need to rethink city streets, advocating for better laws to safeguard […]

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