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Community Board 2 Transportation Committee Hearing
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The Department of Transportation will present a range of pedestrian and bike improvements to the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2, including a traffic-calming project for Lafayette Avenue, installation of a bike corral on Court Street between Atlantic and Pacific, and modifications to the Jay Street bike lanes. The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership will […]
This Week: Visions for Zion Triangle and Harlem River Greenway
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Lots of interesting livable streets events are crammed into the early part of the week. Here are the highlights: Monday: Learn about the community vision for the Harlem River Greenway at this workshop hosted by the Harlem River Working Group and the Pratt Institute. 6:00 p.m. Also Monday: NYC DOT presents plans for a new pedestrian […]
Thursday Jobs Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings: Executive Assistant, Transportation Alternatives, New York City Transportation Alternatives seeks a well-organized, motivated and personable […]
This Week: Bike-Share and Bike Lanes in Midtown
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Midtown bike infrastructure highlights this week’s calendar. Tonight, the transportation committee of Manhattan CB 6 will have a look at the proposed map of bike-share stations for the district, and DOT will present the crosstown bike routes that the agency unveiled last week. Also on the calendar: Today: At this evening’s meeting of the Manhattan […]
This Week: Bike-Share and Bike Lanes in Midtown
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Until recently, Midtown had been something of a desert for high-quality bike infrastructure. But with protected bike lanes extending up the East and West Sides and bike-share set to blanket the area, that’s about to change in a big way this year. The transportation committee of Manhattan CB 5 gets an update on upcoming bike […]
Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 5: Scott Stringer
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Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]
Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 4: Christine Quinn
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Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]
Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 2: Bill de Blasio
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Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]
Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 1: Tom Allon
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Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]
This Week: Queens Bike-Share, Barclays Center Transpo Plan
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In a relatively quiet week on the livable streets calendar, the big news will be coming out Tuesday night, when Forest City Ratner presents its transportation plan for the new Barclays Center arena. The plan has been delayed, but should provide important information about promised incentives to use transit and parking for cars and bikes. […]
Friday Jobs Market
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Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings: Coordinator, South Bronx River Watershed Alliance, New York City For nearly a decade, the SBRWA […]
Tonight: Voice Your Support for a Safer Fourth Avenue
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This week’s calendar is jam-packed with events relating to street safety, bike-share and transit service. The week starts with an important hearing on the future of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. With six lanes of moving traffic, Fourth Avenue is wide and dangerous. From 2006 to 2011, seven people were killed while walking on Fourth between […]