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
Auto-Free New York: Pedicab Regulations and the Future of Green For-Hire Transportation in NYC
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George Bliss of will address a regular meeting of Auto-Free New York on the subject of "Pedicab Regulations and the Future of Green For-Hire Transportation in NYC."
Seminar: Transit Regulation and Privatization: The European Experience
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A Rudin Center Visiting Scholar Seminar by Dr. Matthew G. Karlaftis, National Technical University of Athens The past few decades have seen transit patronage decrease in all Western countries, including Europe and the United States, lagging far behind the substantial growth in mobility that has occurred during the same period. This is in part due […]
Riverside Ride
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Join Time’s Up! on bicycles or skates at 10 p.m. for a totally safe, magical, evening ride in Manhattan. As with their Moonlight Rides, Time’s Up! shares the tranquillity of Central Park, plus they add the lovely tree canopy and grand vistas of the Hudson River from Riverside Park. The scenic tour continues down the […]
Prospect Park Moonlight Ride
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Join Time’s Up! as they discover Prospect Park at night. Prospect Park is a 526-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn. The Prospect Park Moonlight Ride is opened to bikers and skilled skaters. This is a safe, peaceful ride that visits many of the little-known treasures the park has to offer. (There is also a Central […]
Walking Tour: Keeping Off Midtown Streets
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In the "post-modern era," New York City planning principles encouraged innovative public spaces to be maintained by private entities. These spaces typically offer shelter and shortcuts. We’ll beat winter by touring public atriums, passageways, lobbies and underground walkways, a more intimate side of Midtown. Leader: Jack Eichenbaum, urban geographer.
Municipal Art Society Course: The Evolution of the Urban Grid: New York City
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Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]
Municipal Art Society Course: The Evolution of the Urban Grid: American Cities
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Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]
Municipal Art Society Course: The Evolution of the Urban Grid: European Cities
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Understanding NYC’s Medieval and Baroque Precedents in European and American Urban Capital Cities Fourteenth Street in Manhattan is the divide between a rationally-planned streetscape to the north and an organic maze of medieval streets to the south. This course will examine the evolution of both types of urban planning in European and American urban capitals […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (18 Killed This Week; 57 Killed This Year) Queens: Suspended License Driver Hits School Bus, Killing 1 (Daily News) Queens: 95-Year-Old Man Hits a Dodge, Which Hits a School Bus (NY Post) Randolph, N.J.: Woman, 26, Collides With Empty School Bus (Star-Ledger) North Bellmore, L.I.: 2 in Seatbelts Die as 1 Without Belt Lives (Newsday) Storrs, Conn.: UConn Freshman […]
Documentary Screening: Who Killed the Electric Car?
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Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the U.S. government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in […]
Screening: An Inconvenient Truth
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Former VP and Presidential candidate Al Gore’s crusade to raise awareness of global warming gets a useful new platform in An Inconvenient Truth. Davis Guggenheim’s docu is a straight forward record of the lecture Gore has toured for years, juiced by elaborate graphics. An excellent educational tool.
Bike Repair Workshop
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In this informal workshop you can learn basic bike repair and maintenance. From fixing flats to overhauling wheels we cover most bike issues. You may bring your own bike if it’s not too crowded. All skill levels are welcome.