Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bogotá

Juan Valdez and Jay-Z Invite New Yorkers to Take to the Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2008 | 6 Comments

The City’s official Summer Streets web site and press release hit our inbox this morning. Jay-Z is joining Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan in inviting New Yorkers to hit seven miles worth of car-free streets in Manhattan this Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bringing it back full circle to Bogotá’s Ciclovia, […]

Wiki Wednesday: Ciclovía

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

With New York’s big Summer Streets premier less than 72 hours away, this week we’re highlighting the StreetsWiki entry on the mother of all car-free events, Bogotá’s Ciclovía. Actually, the phrase "car-free event" doesn’t quite do justice to a weekly gathering of a million people along 70 miles of streets. And as the authors note, […]

Coming Soon: A Major Car-Free Event in NYC

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2008 | 13 Comments

Cyclists enjoy Bogotá’s weekly Ciclovía. Which New York streets will host a similar event this summer? Speaking at Tuesday’s Fit-City Conference, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced that a Ciclovía-style car-free street event is in the works for this summer. New York is not alone. According to a story published earlier this week on RedOrbit, several […]

Lessons from Bogotá, Part III (9:58)

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 6, 2008 | 8 Comments

Peter Jackson ain’t got nothing on Clarence Eckerson. Here is the third and final installment of Streetfilms’ Bogotá trilogy based on the New York City Streets Renaissance team’s visit with Gil Peñalosa in Colombia last September. Clarence writes: You’ll find lots of tasty video morsels including: riding some of the great ciclorutas and cycle paths, […]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BRT

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2008 | 8 Comments

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign has a new online "clearinghouse" of information on Bus Rapid Transit. From the Mobilizing the Region blog: The clearinghouse explains what bus rapid transit (BRT) is, how it compares to other modes, how it can be implemented in suburban and urban contexts, and how it can anchor transit-oriented development. The […]

Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2008 | 11 Comments

Streetfilms captured highlights of Enrique Penalosa’s appearance with COMMUTE. One of the most entrenched fallacies in the congestion pricing debate has been the assertion that blue-collar New Yorkers get the short end of the stick. The claim never withstood scrutiny, but now it is facing an especially strong counterargument from Communities United for Transportation Equity […]

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