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
Presentation: The London Plan Comes to New York City
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Debbie McMullen, the head of the City of London’s so-called "London Plan," will present some of her office’s newest work, with a specific look at the comparison between NY and London. It has been suggested that London has much to teach New York, and that it would be in our city’s best interest to learn […]
New York City’s Push For Sustainability in the Face of Global Climate Change
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A talk by Stuart R. Gaffin, Ph.D., Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Spurred by recent observational evidence that climate change may be occurring more quickly than anticipated — the current spate of record high temperature years, rapid ice melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet, for example […]
‘Brooklyn Matters’ Screening
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A screening of Isabel Hill’s documentary about Atlantic Yards. This is presented by the Park Slope Civic Council, the Park Slope United Methodist Church Social Action Committee and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council.
‘Contested Streets’ Screening
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A chance to see the Transportation Alternatives-produced documentary.
‘Contested Streets’ Screening
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A chance to see the Transportation Alternatives-produced documentary.
Sea of People: Rally and March to Note Potential Future Manhattan Coastline
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Volunteers will form a "Sea of People," as part of a rally and march that will demarcate the projected eastern and western 10-foot waterlines that may one day redefine lower Manhattan under the ten-foot sea level rise scenario. This is part of the national Step It Up 2007 campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
Room to Breathe NYC: Bicyclists Needed for Photo Shoot
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Transportation Alternatives is reproducing a dramatic visual that will show how much street space New York City would gain if more people rode bicycles and took mass transit instead of driving personal cars. T.A. will have a professional photographer on hand to document a group of 40-50 cyclists riding on an iconic stretch of NYC’s streets. We […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 162 Killed This Year) Brooklyn: Body of Hit-and-Run Victim Found (NY Post) New Jersey: 6 Die Across State in Storm-Related Crashes (Star-Ledger) Central Islip, L.I.: Man Dies Crashing Car He Just Stole (Newsday) Melville, L.I.: SUV Veers Off Road in Snow, Driver Dies (Newsday) North Shore, L.I.: Haute Couture Retailer Killed on […]
Auto Free New York Meeting – Charles Komanoff on the Carbon Tax
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What do Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan and a tax on carbon emissions have in common? Plenty. Join Streetsblog ontributor Charles Komanoff, co-founder and co-director of the new Carbon Tax Center, for a discussion of the economics and politics of a U.S. carbon tax, at the monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York. Yes, there will be […]
SWIM Coalition Kickoff – Groups to Ask Mayor Bloomberg to Make Waterways Clean Enough For Swimming
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The Storm Water Infrastructure Matters coalition (S.W.I.M.), a new city-wide environmental group, will hold an outdoor event, that will include kayakers, river waders, water quality monitoring, a short film (indoors) and water toy races. The event, part of the global observance of World Water Day, will kick off a concerted campaign to make all of […]
Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour
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Cities worldwide are embracing new ideas about mass transit, congestion pricing, parking, public squares, mixed used development, and more, yet New York City’s transportation policies often seem as though they are stuck in the 1960s. But the sustainable transportation movement in New York City is alive in Streetsblog, StreetFilms, Transportation Alternatives, the Municipal Art Society, […]