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
East River Charrette: Creating a Vision for East Midtown’s Waterfront
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New York has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open up access to Manhattan’s Midtown East waterfront. The midtown section of the FDR Drive is being rebuilt, the former Con Ed site is being redeveloped, and the City is planning to facilitate the expansion of the U.N. campus and create an adjacent waterfront esplanade. If planned together, […]
Teach Your Kids to Ride a Bike in NYC Parks
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Classes taught by NYC Parks and Recreation Department staff, in a method proven by Bike New York. Come out and enjoy the spring weather. Bring your child, a bike, and a helmet for this free, fun event, and be amazed at how easily your child learns how to ride a 2-wheeler. Learn an easy, crash […]
Drawing the Bicycle With Taliah Lempert
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Draw pictures of bicycles in an artist’s studio. This workshop focuses on gesture, composition and basic bicycle anatomy. Participants draw bicycles from observation. All levels welcome. Class size limited to 10 participants. Basic materials provided.
2 Screenings of B.I.K.E. at 8 and 10
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Fountainhead Films presents a special screening of B.I.K.E. Screenings. Proceeds will benefit Transportation Alternatives. B.I.K.E. SYNOPSIS: Two filmmakers infiltrate an underground bicycle club. Driven by anti-materialism and a belief that the impending apocalypse will render cars useless and leave bicycles in power, Black Label Bike Club battles mainstream consumer culture and rival gangs for its […]
Brooklyn Pedestrian Safety Forum
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Community Education Council District 15 and Brooklyn Community Board 7 will hold a Pedestrian Safety Forum for the Third and Fourth Avenue corridor. A particular concern for the CEC is the 10 District 15 schools that are located along Third and Fourth Avenues, plus several other public schools and a number of private and parochial […]
Contested Streets Screening and Q&A Session
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Public Screening of Contested Streets followed by Q&A with Karla Quintero, Deputy Director of Planning for Transportation Alternatives. Contested Streets is a T.A. produced, Cicala Filmworks made documentary that explores the rich diversity of New York City street life before the introduction of automobiles and shows how New York can follow the example of other […]
Happy Memorial Day Weekend
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Broad Street looking north from Exchange Place Remove cars from a New York City street, even just for security reasons, and civil society flourishes in their place. On Broad Steet traffic has been restricted in front of the New York Stock Exchange since September 11, 2001. Special pavement, tables, chairs and benches have turned a dull and commonplace […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (10 Killed This Week; 258 Killed This Year) Bronx: Driver Crashes, Flees, Is Shot by Officer, Crashes Again (NYT) Bronx: Bus Kills Man on Bicycle After Robbery (NYT, Gothamist) Bayville, L.I.: 1 Killed, 1 Injured in Motorcycle Crash (Newsday) Blue Point, L.I.: Teen Dies as His SUV Collides With Bus (Newsday) Jersey City, N.J.: Speeding Driver […]
Last Day to See the Paintings of Taliah Lempert
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The artist specializes in paintings of bicycles.
Community Planning Meeting on Wollman Rink in Prospect Park
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A Lakeside Center is proposed to replace the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park. Come share your opinion on how much parkland should be dedicated to free automobile storage. For background on the plan, see Streetsblog’s entry: To Some It’s a Park, to Others, a Parking Lot.
Bicycle Fetish Day 2007
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Bicycle contests, live music, food, raffle prizes all day long.
Gansevoort Traffic Planning Forum
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Please join the Greater Gansevoort Urban Improvement Project (GGUIP) for a presentation of preliminary proposals for possible streetscape improvements in the Gansevoort Market area. In developing these proposals, GGUIP and its consultant team, Sam Schwartz PLLC and Regional Plan Association, sought to develop forward-thinking, feasible strategies for improving the public realm in the Greater Gansevoort area, […]