PathPath
  • About
  • Contact Streetsblog NYC
  • Staff & Board
  • Our Funders
  • Comment Moderation Policy
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Streetsblog Logo
    • HOME
    • USA
    • NYC
    • MASS
    • LA
    • CHI
    • SF
    • CAL
    • STREETFILMS
    • DONATE
Streetsblog NYC Logo
  • ‘Ghost Tags’
  • Parking Madness 2023
  • Streetsblog’s ‘Guide to Micro Mobility’
  • Congestion Pricing
  • Calendar
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Christine Berthet

Recent Posts

This man wants to give the curb to car owners.

Thousands of Chargers for Heavy E-Cars Are Coming to a Sidewalk Near You 

By Christine Berthet | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments
Electric car owners suffer from “range anxiety.” But no one considering what the rest of us are suffering from: “Car anxiety.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Op-Ed, Part II: Conversion to EVs is a Once-in-a-Century Chance to Fix Many Car Culture Problems

By Christine Berthet | Jan 6, 2022 | No Comments
Electrifying cars is the right thing to do, but excessive number of cars, oversized vehicles, and use of the curb for private auto storage remain crucial deficiencies of the city government’s automotive infrastructure in New York.
An electric vehicle charger. Photo: File

OPINION: Do Not Put EV Charging Stations on Public Property

By Christine Berthet | Jan 5, 2022 | No Comments
In converting to electric, the city must not repeat the mistakes of the past by making it easier to drive a car, even if it is an electric one.
Bus riders are forced into the street because of snow pileups. Photo: Christine Berthet

OPINION: Pedestrians Are Second-Class Citizens — And Snow Proves It

By Christine Berthet | Feb 22, 2021 | No Comments
A legendary pedestrian activist weighs in on fixing our city to be fairer to the less fortunate after snowstorms.

DATA: Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And the City is Failing the Most Vulnerable

By Christine Berthet | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments
Despite Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, injuries from traffic crashes in 2018 and 2019 were 1 percent higher than in 2016 and 2017. But in communities of color, the number of crash-caused injuries are soaring by double digit percentages.
      • About
      • Contact Streetsblog NYC
      • Staff & Board
      • Our Funders
      • Comment Moderation Policy
        Follow Us:
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      Streetsblog NYC Logo