Aaron Donovan
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
Recent Posts
Streetsblog Birthday Party
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This Friday we’ll be celebrating Streetsblog’s first full year of operation and the remarkable progress that New York City’s Livable Streets movement has made in pushing transportation policy and urban environmental issues to the very top of the civic agenda. This web site would be a far less interesting and informative place without all of […]
Public Hearing and Rally for PlaNYC
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PlaNYC 2030 and supporters will gather in front of the CUNY Graduate Center at 8:15 a.m. to show support for PlaNYC and enter when the doors open for a New York State Assembly public hearing (brownfields and energy), which begins at 10 a.m. Wear green! At 8:15 am we’ll have t-shirts, hats and stickers for […]
Savvy Cyclist Class
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Savvy Cyclist is a free, one-day "introduction to cycling" program for adults and mature teens who want to improve their cycling skills. It provides essential knowledge and skills to know, adjust, repair, and ride your bike like an experienced pro. This class is ideal for new cyclists who want to learn the basics, those returning […]
Presentation on Grand Army Plaza Redesign and Livable Streets Reception
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Look! Enjoy the Livable Streets in Brooklyn exhibit. Listen! To the Community Plan for Grand Army Plaza, presented by GAPCo, the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. Celebrate! At a reception for friends of livable streets in Brooklyn.
Sustainable Flatbush Event #3: Permaculture: A View from the Urban Enivronment
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Each month (or so) Sustainable Flatbush will present a workshop, lecture, or film on a sustainability-related theme that can benefit our neighborhood … … and then, we party! Featured speakers Joan Ewing and Wilton Duckworth, former Flatbush residents now living in upstate New York where they host permaculture workshops, including a recent design intensive with Geoff […]
Upper East Side Town Hall Meeting: Congestion Pricing
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A town hall meeting entitled "ask your elected officials." We are told that this is expected to be dominated by discussions of congestion pricing. Expected attendees include: Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer Councilwoman Jessica Lappin State Senator Liz Kruger Councilman Daniel R. Garodnick Sponsored by: East 79th Street Neighborhood Association Manhattan Community Board 8 Carnegie Hill […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Steve Silverman/Newsday Fatal Crashes (11 Killed This Week; 277 Killed This Year) Greenlawn, L.I.: Motorcyclist, 48, Dies in Collision With Jeep (Newsday) Brooklyn: Ice Cream Truck Kills a Grandmother (Daily News, Newsday) Brooklyn: Minivan Kills Teen on Scooter (Daily News) Old Bridge, N.J.: Boy, 12, Killed by Pickup Truck (Star-Ledger) West Babylon, L.I.: Driver Fighting With Girlfriend […]
Panel: What’s Driving Congestion Pricing? A Discussion with the Experts
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Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century, in conjunction with NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, present a discussion about an issue affecting all New Yorkers. The panel will include: Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City John Liu, City Councilman (D-Queens) and Chairman, City Council Transportation Committee Walter McCaffrey, former […]
PlaNYC Albany Advocacy Day
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As the first government-issued urban sustainability plan in the United States, PlaNYC is a blueprint to improve transportation, housing, open space, water and air quality and traffic congestion. Perhaps most of all, PlaNYC aims to reduce our energy consumption and limit our impact on climate change. As momentum is building for PlaNYC and the State […]
Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars
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This was the scene along the Edward L. Grant Highway in the Bronx on May 27, where the southbound buffered bike lane near Jerome Avenue was being blocked by SUVs from Florida and New Jersey and assorted other vehicles. The bike lane markings here are worn out by the constant wear and tear of automobile […]
Rally at Congestion Pricing Hearing – Wear Green!
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We have a once in a lifetime chance to win green streets, cleaner air and funding for much needed mass transit improvements and expansions in New York City, and we need your help. Come to a rally this Friday, June 8th and show our State Legislators that the vast majority of New Yorkers support congestion […]
Eyes on the Street: Seen Better Days
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East 146th Street and St. Ann’s Avenue, May 28, 2007.