Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about TSTC

Shifting Gears at DOT

By Jason Varone | | 3 Comments
  DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan bicylcing to work during her first week on the job Crain’s New York reports that the earth is shaking below Dept. of Transportation headquarters at 40 Worth Street: Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s new transportation commissioner, politely says she’s building on the foundation left by her predecessors. In fact, she is […]

Jon Orcutt Appointed as DOT Senior Policy Advisor

By Aaron Naparstek | | 8 Comments
File under: Totally unimaginable just a few months ago. Following the appointment of Bruce Schaller as Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Sustainability, Jon Orcutt is DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s second high profile hire since taking over the agency. Stay tuned for one or two more big appointments. Kate Slevin will be taking over as Tri-State […]

City’s Parking Expansion Sustains Nothing but Motoring

By Sarah Goodyear | | 7 Comments
From the Tri-State Transportation Campaign‘s latest newsletter, three examples of how City Hall contradicts its stated Long-Term Planning and Sustainability goals with policies that foster more automobile dependence: The huge parking expansion associated with new Yankee Stadium construction has failed to attract any bids from private operators. The city has apparently scaled the seemingly uneconomic […]

Study: Sidewalks Can’t Handle Transit Traffic

By Brad Aaron | | 8 Comments
As New York ponders – and ducks – a solution to gridlocked streets in the wake of the mayor’s 2030 plan, transportation planners across the Hudson are contemplating a marked increase in congestion on the city’s already overburdened sidewalks. The good news for the region is that New Jersey Transit is expecting train traffic into […]

City Finally Finishes Eight-Year-Long Truck Study

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
Yesterday, the Department of Transportation announced the publication of its Truck Route Management and Community Impact Reduction Study. The study, which began over eight years ago (PDF), recommends the establishment of an Office of Freight Mobility, new educational materials and public outreach efforts, improved street signs, better enforcement, and some policy and regulatory changes — […]
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