Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

Ken Livingstone on Congestion Pricing in New York

By Jason Varone | Apr 26, 2007 | 7 Comments

In his most recent article for the Guardian, London mayor Ken Livingstone applauds Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to introduce congestion pricing in New York City: New York is now to get congestion charging modelled on London’s successful scheme. Isn’t it about time the naysayers admitted they were wrong? Retail sales in central London are far outperforming […]

Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better

By John Kaehny | Apr 9, 2007 | 8 Comments

Saturday afternoon traffic congestion on a London street near Covent Garden with dimensions and land use almost identical to Prince Street in Manhattan. In the days before Wednesday’s hearing on pedestrian safety, the City Council should consider how badly New York City pedestrians fare compare to those in London. While pedestrian safety has been improving […]

An English Plan in New York

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2007 | 3 Comments

The once traffic-filled street between Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery is now a thriving plaza. Climate change is a greater threat to London than terrorism, one of the city’s top planners said yesterday. Debbie McMullen (right), a one-time New Yorker who heads implementation of the "London Plan," made this matter-of-fact announcement at a Tuesday […]

Congestion Pricing: Does New York Have the Will?

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 21, 2007 | 18 Comments

Brad Aaron reports: Political will, holistic planning, centralized management. That’s what Malcolm Murray-Clark says it takes to implement an effective congestion pricing plan. He should know. The Director of Congestion Charging at Transport for London (TfL) oversees a program that is as ambitious as it is successful — a program that went from idea to […]

Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 5, 2007 | 5 Comments

The New York Times came out advocating for progressive transportation policies in its Sunday City section editorial, saying that the departure of DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall presents "a great opportunity to take bold action on a vexing quality of life and health issue: traffic congestion." After giving Weinshall props for her actions on the Queens […]

The Times Applauds Cycling… The Times of London, That Is.

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 23, 2007 | 7 Comments

Here’s an editorial one wouldn’t expect to see in The Times: An unabashedly pro-bicycle manifesto anointing cycling as "the cheap, green answer to so many contemporary troubles" and urging city authorities to use congestion-charging revenues to create a first-class cycling infrastructure. Alas, this remarkable editorial was published not in the New York Times, but in […]

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