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
Overheard on the Bus: NYC Bicyclists Losing the PR War
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Stuck in traffic congestion all day long, one might think that New York City’s bus drivers might be at the center of the movement to reduce automobile dependence and encourage more efficent forms of urban transportation. But if the conversation I heard last week is representative, it’s the cyclists that are wrecking all that havoc […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (7 Killed This Week; 183 Killed This Year) East Brunswick, N.J.: 2 Teens Killed as Car Goes Off Road (Star-Ledger) Related: Police Probe Road Rage as Cause, Search for SUV (Star-Ledger) Related: Security Videotapes Sought (Star-Ledger) Brooklyn: Model Brain Dead After SUV Hit-and-Run (Bklyn Paper) Related: Family Turning Off Life Support (Indymedia) Related: Information […]
Father Paul Mayer: Climate Change, Social Activism, and Global Peace
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Paul Mayer has more than a half century of service to the earth including 18 years as a monk, involvement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights movement in the South, and work as a liberation theologian in the barrios of Central America. He has worked with Japanese atom bomb survivors, Pastors for Peace, […]
Speaker Lorna Salzman: Impact of Global Warming on Health, Water and Biodiversity
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Lorna Salzman has been an environmental activist, writer, lecturer and organizer for over thirty-five years. During that time she has served as the regional representative of Friends of the Earth for nearly ten years, concentrating on anti-nuclear work and on coastal zone and wetlands protection on eastern Long Island. She initiated the Shoreham Opponents Coalition […]
Speaker Omoyele Sowore: The Impacts of Oil Exploration on Human Rights
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Sowore Omoyele has been detained many times in Nigeria’s long struggle for democracy. His career of resistance began in 1989, when he took part in student demonstrations protesting the conditions of an International Monetary Fund loan of $120 million for Nigeria. In 1992 at University of Lagos, he led 2,000 students in protest against Nigeria’s […]
Movie Screening: ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’
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Student and faculty led panel discussion and lunch to follow. Who Killed the Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. The electric car threatened the status quo. The truth behind its […]
Queens College Earth Fair
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An outdoor "earth fair" featuring environmental organizations, environmentally friendly businesses, and educational and interactive exhibitions as well as speakers, including Councilman James Genaro.
Town Meeting: How Can New York Survive Congestion and Climate Change?
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A town meeting on creating a sustainable New York in the era of global warming. Find out what’s ahead for New York City and what it means for you. Featuring: Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President"Green Politics, Green Buildings" Rohit Aggarwala, head of the Mayor’s brain trust on sustainabilityPlan for a Sustainable New York: Challenges, Goals, […]
Ninth Avenue: Community-Designed Street Plan Comments Session
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— Select a Street Design — The Hells Kitchen Neighborhood Association will hold its spring public session, and then at 6:45, Chekpeds will kick off the next installment of the Ninth Avenue Renaissance Project.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Attends Pedestrian Safety Coalition Affiliate’s Meeting
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The Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition (CHEKPEDS) sends along the following information: N. Y. City Council SpeakerCHRISTINE C. QUINN Will join the the 47th/48th Streets Block Association monthly meeting We are thrilled to have Ms. Quinn as our guest. She will be joining us around 8:30. All are welcome to attend our meeting.
The Second Annual Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award
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Named for the founder of community organization Nos Quedamos, the Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award was created to commemorate her work in the south Bronx and highlight the efforts of community-based planners in New York City. Learn more about this years award recipients.
Earth Day Global Warming Discussion and Wine Tasting
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An afternoon of awareness and a wine tasting will bring together environmental activist luminaries at Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit on Sunday, April 22, in an all-day celebration of Earth Day. The public is invited to take away simple, practical tips about how to make a difference in the urgent fight to save our planet. All […]