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
Digging Into the New Report on New York City Cycling
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Where bike commuters live, according to Census data compiled by the authors of a new report on New York City cycling. As we mentioned yesterday, a team led by Rutgers professor John Pucher just released a major piece of research on the state of cycling, bike infrastructure, and bike safety in New York. If you […]
Boston Endorses Parking Reform as Key Green Policy
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An illustration of how Boston will make its transportation system greener. Image: City of Boston "Folks, you ain’t seen nothing yet," Mayor Bloomberg told an Earth Day crowd yesterday. "The best and greenest days are yet to come." The PlaNYC update coming in 2011, he implied, would have a slew of new initiatives to make […]
A More Democratic Use of Space on 34th Street
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Image: NYCDOT This graphic tells you all you need to know about the rationale behind DOT’s plans for 34th Street, which are getting some play today in the Times and on Gothamist. DOT displayed it prominently at Wednesday’s info session about the project. The biggest group of users — pedestrians — will get wider sidewalks […]
Hard Cap on Hudson Yards Parking Takes Effect. Will More Reforms Follow?
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The Hudson Yards district on the Far West Side of Manhattan now has limits on off-street parking. Image: hotdogger13 via Flickr. Strict limits on the number of parking spaces that can be built on the far West Side of Manhattan are now in force, a year after the city settled a lawsuit over the issue […]
MTA Touts Carbon Avoidance in Bid for New Revenue Stream
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Graphic: MTA Without its transit system, the New York region would emit 17.4 million more metric tons of greenhouse gases each year, the MTA announced yesterday. By taking cars off the road, decreasing congestion so the remaining cars emit less, and promoting dense land use patterns, the MTA is making a major dent in the […]
Sustainable Transport Saves New Yorkers $19 Billion Per Year
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New York City residents save at least $19 billion each year by driving less than other Americans, according to a new report from the non-profit CEOs for Cities. "New York City’s Green Dividend" [PDF] makes the case that investing in transit, walking, and cycling isn’t just better for the environment, it’s great for our wallets […]
Greenpoint Hit-and-Run Victim Dies. McGuinness Blvd Must Be Tamed.
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Calyer Street and McGuinness Boulevard, where a driver killed Neil Chamberlain and fled the scene. Image: Google Maps. Gothamist reports that Neil Chamberlain, a 28-year-old Williamsburg resident, was taken off life support today after a driver struck him and fled the scene in Greenpoint early Sunday morning. The still-unidentified driver was traveling east on Calyer […]
RPA Panel: Walkable Urbanism Key to NYC’s Housing Policy
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NYCHA plans to restore 129th Street at St. Nicholas Houses (which would chop this superblock across the middle), part of an effort to integrate good neighborhood design with housing policy. Image: Google Earth. The key to building better and more affordable housing in New York City is that oft-cited but elusive quality: urbanism. So said […]
Follow Us On Twitter for RPA Conference Coverage
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Transportation and planning players from the New York metro area are gathered here in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this morning, ready to spend a day discussing "innovation and the American metropolis," the theme of this year’s RPA regional assembly. We’ll have some posts up later today. For up-to-the-minute news, follow our Twitter feed, @StreetsblogNYC. See you […]
Two 125th Street Intersections Slated for Ped Safety Fixes
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The proposed redesign for the intersection of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue. The project would convert left-turn bays on Lenox into wider pedestrian refuges. Image: NYCDOT Harlem’s Main Street is slated to receive some pedestrian safety improvements at two dangerous intersections. Where 125th Street meets Lenox and St. Nicholas Avenues, NYCDOT safety plans call for […]
Brooklyn DA Brings Homicide Charge for Flatbush Cyclist Killer
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The driver who killed a cyclist on Flatbush Avenue yesterday has been charged with criminally negligent homicide by the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes. Image: NY1 The cyclist, 18-year-old Jake McDonaugh from Windsor Terrace, was riding east on Duryea Place, according to witnesses. When he entered the intersection at Flatbush Avenue, Michael Oxley, […]
Cyclist Critically Hurt in East New York; Details Surface on Flatbush Fatality
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The intersection of Linden Boulevard and Schenck Avenue, where a driver hit and critically injured a cyclist. Image: Google Street View. We have another incidence of traffic violence to report today. A cyclist was struck just after midnight in East New York and is in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital. The driver of a Toyota […]