Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
Recent Posts
Report: Letting Transit Tax Benefit Expire Will Throw Riders From the Train
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For many transit riders, there’s another fare hike coming down the track, one that many may not even be aware of. A provision of the stimulus bill that offered a larger tax break for some transit riders is set to expire at the end of the year. A new report by TransitCenter [PDF], a non-profit […]
Two Pedestrians Killed in 12 Hours
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We’ve received a report from a reliable source that a pedestrian was killed by a driver on Classon Avenue in Brooklyn, the second pedestrian fatality since last night. The crash occurred near the intersection of Classon and Fulton Street, just before 6:00 this morning. We’re following up with the police for more information. Last night […]
Industry and Insiders Dominate Cuomo’s Transpo Transition Team
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Andrew Cuomo named his transportation transition team and for transportation reformers, there’s not a lot to celebrate. The list has no voices from the advocacy community and is dominated by private-sector business leaders. That’s an unfortunate step backwards from Eliot Spitzer’s team four years ago, which was stacked full of progressive transportation advocates, MTA reformers […]
Did City Planning Approve 430 Extra Parking Spaces at Riverside Center?
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Even by its own math, the City Planning Commission seems to have approved 430 parking spots too many at Riverside Center, the new development slated to straddle 60th Street on the far West Side. Last month the commission approved 1,260 parking spots for the project, 430 of which are intended to replace some of the […]
Vision Long Island Smart Growth Summit
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Workshops include: State of the Towns and Villages, featuring: Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Town of N. Hempstead Supervisor Steve Bellone, Town of Babylon Supervisor Mark Lesko, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Phil Nolan, Town of Islip Supervisor Sean Walter, Town of Riverhead Supervisor Kate Murray, Town of Hempstead Financing Smart Growth Developments of Regional Impact Wastewater Infrastructure […]
Christie Rewrites ARC History: My Wife Made Me Do It
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Having killed the badly-needed ARC tunnel not once but twice, you’d think that Governor Chris Christie would at least have the decency to let the issue go. But no. He’s got a whole new reason for opposing it. Now, apparently, the seed of the ARC’s destruction came from Christie’s wife Mary Pat, who was no […]
Parking May Be Part of PlaNYC Update, Tweets Goldsmith
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Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith dropped an intriguing hint this afternoon about the upcoming revision of New York City’s long-term sustainability plan. “We are looking at parking as part of @PlaNYC 2.0,” he tweeted. Now, there’s a lot that needs to happen between today and Earth Day 2011, when the update is due. “Looking at” parking […]
Is Cuomo’s Spending Cap the Real Threat to Transit Funding?
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With the threat of future raids on the MTA’s dedicated funds looming on the horizon, I spoke with Fiscal Policy Institute executive director Frank Mauro to continue our investigation of how to keep transit funding secure. Mauro agreed with Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign that there’s no good way to systematically prevent sweeps of […]
If Climate Experts Wrote New York Transportation Policy…
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As Andrew Cuomo transitions into the governorship, David Paterson just handed him a parting gift: a comprehensive blueprint for how the state can tackle its greenhouse gas emissions. The plan, which has been in development since a Paterson executive order in August 2009, goes into spectacular detail about how the state might reach the ambitious […]
CB 7 May Form Task Force to Work Out Columbus Ave Delivery Kinks
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After a chaotic committee meeting Monday, Manhattan Community Board 7 was able to discuss the implementation of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane far more productively at its full meeting Tuesday night, according to people who attended. The discussion of the new street design may lead to the creation of a community board task force […]
MTA Touts Bus Lane Cameras in PR Blitz
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After a long legislative battle, the MTA wants you to know about the automated enforcement that will be keeping Select Bus Service lanes clear of traffic. “Good News,” trumpets an e-mail blast sent out by the MTA yesterday. “New York City and the MTA have teamed up to use cameras to strictly enforce designated bus-only […]
Fight for Completed East Side Bike Lanes Comes to City Hall Steps
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After rallying on the steps of City Hall this afternoon, Transportation Alternatives delivered 2,500 handwritten letters urging Mayor Bloomberg to complete the protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues. Joined by elected officials and more than forty supporters, T.A. called on Bloomberg to fulfill the promise of safe walking and cycling on Manhattan’s East […]