Auto-Free New York: Robert Sullivan: Why Aren’t NYC’s Streets More Walkable?
The monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York will feature remarks by Robert Sullvian, contributing editor to Vogue magazine and author of Rats and Cross Country.
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New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl
By Brad Aaron |
As livable streets advocates work to make headway in breaking the cycle of American auto dependence, the folks at Planetizen have put together a video narrative that explains how we got here. "The Story of Sprawl," a double DVD set produced by Managing Editor Tim Halbur, is a compilation of historical films dating from 1939 […]
Robert Caro: Reflections on Robert Moses
By Aaron Donovan |
Robert Caro, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Knopf, 1974) and the three-volume The Years of Lyndon Johnson, will offer reflections on the career of Robert Moses three decades after the publication of his seminal biography.
NHTSA Chief David Strickland Gets Caught in the Revolving Door
By Tanya Snyder |
When David Strickland announced last month that he was stepping down as the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, he didn’t give any clues about where he might be going. The news came out this week: The nation’s top auto regulator is going to be a lobbyist at a law firm that deals […]
Friday Afternoon Cartoon: T-Rex Nails It on Auto-Centric Urban Design
By Tanya Snyder |
Thank you, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics, for this righteous and oddly poignant look at the dangers — and drudgery — caused by auto-centric urban design. Bravo, sir. You should get an honorary urban planning degree for this.
Car Dependence and the Troubling Rise of Subprime Auto Loans
By Angie Schmitt |
There have been warning signs about the growth in subprime auto loans for years now. But the issue got some very high-profile attention last week when JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon raised concerns that there may be a bubble in the auto lending market. Since the economic recovery began, lending institutions have actually loosened standards for car loans. The auto […]
Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Summing Up: Robert Moses and the Modern City
By Aaron Donovan |
A panel discussion moderated by Susan Henshaw Jones, director of the Museum of the City of New York, and featuring Jameson W. Doig, Robert Fishman, Kenneth T. Jackson, Lynne Sagalyn and Hilary Ballon.