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
5-Borough Bike Club’s Frostbite Ride for “The World’s Greatest Pancakes”
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Lunch will be extremely warm and delicious, at Bayonne’s Broadway Diner. Journey further to Liberty State Park. Bring a lock, money for lunch and a camera. Leaders Ed DeFreitas and others. Note: This is the first 5-Borough Bike Club ride for which an NYPD parade permit was obtained.
Traffic Enforcement – Town Hall Meeting With Christine Quinn
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Chekpeds, the the Clinton–Hell’s Kitchen Coalition for Pedestrian Safety, reports that 75% of community members are concerned for their safety because of traffic, while only 6% are concerned about crime! Recently, another pedestrian was killed at 15th Street and 9th Avenue. Chekpeds seeks to obtain more enforcement at intersections, officers who care more about pedestrian […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (22 Killed in 2 Weeks; 111 Killed This Year) Queens: 2 Men Die as Careening Car Is Sliced in Two (NY Post) Related: Girlfriend of One Victim in Critical Condition (Daily News) Brooklyn: Toddler, 4, Struck and Killed by Hummer (Newsday) Staten Island: Grandmother Killed Crossing Street (S.I. Advance) Related: Mourners Remember Victim (S.I. Advance) Waterford, Conn.: Siblings […]
Panel Discussion: The New York City Streets Renaissance: Reclaiming NYC’s Streets from the Automobile
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The campaign to make NYC streets more livable and equitable takes many shapes, responds to a multiplicity of needs and appears in an array of media. In this panel, participants will discuss the process by which and the reasons why "Traffic’s Human Toll," a study of New York City’s street life, became a media hit […]
PBS to America: Fight Global Warming, Drive an SUV
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In 2005, PBS came out with a widely promoted documentary narrated by Alanis Morissette called "Global Warming: The Signs and the Science." For people interested in learning more about the topic of global warming and climate change, this DVD is widely available. Being produced and distributed by a well known and highly respected organization, serves […]
Weekly Carnage – Hiatus Edition
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The Weekly Carnage is on vacation this week and is off trying not to think about automobile-related death, destruction and mayhem. Add any carnage you may have read about in the comments and I’ll include in next week’s special double feature.
Robert Moses Symposium: Gallery Tour
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A tour of MCNY’s Robert Moses exhibition.
Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Summing Up: Robert Moses and the Modern City
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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.
Robert Moses Symposium Panel: The Legacy of Robert Moses
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A panel discussion moderated by Sarah Henry, chief curator of the Museum of the City of New York, and featuring the authors of three papers: Daniel Prosterman, Robert Moses and the Meaning of Democracy Lynne Sagalyn, Moses as Metaphor: The Legacy of Reputation Peter Eisenstadt, Moses and H.L. Mencken: Race and the Politics of Skepticism
Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Moses and the Giants
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A panel discussion moderated by Kenneth T. Jackson and featuring the authors of three papers: Jameson W. Doig, The Port Authority’s Austin Tobin: How to Outmaneuver and Defeat Robert Moses Lizabeth Cohen, Edward J. Logue and the Politics of Urban Redevelopment in Postwar America Duane Tananbaum, Allies and Adversaries: Herbert Lehman and Robert Moses
Robert Moses Symposium Panel: Robert Moses and the Housing Crisis
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A panel discussion moderated by Hilary Ballon and featuring the authors of four papers: Mathew Lasner, Co-op Village, Co-op Nation Roberta Moudry, Met Life’s Metropolis: Housing Initiatives in New York City Samuel Zipp, The Battle of Lincoln Square: Neighborhood Culture and Resistance to Urban Renewal Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Reassessing Robert Moses’ Influence on New York […]
Robert Moses Symposium: Curator’s Tour
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A curator’s tour of Columbia’s Robert Moses exhibit.