Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper Green Side

Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters

By Glenn McAnanama | Apr 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

After nearly a year of personally advocating for congestion pricing, I shared my fellow Streetsbloggers’ frustration as the current round ended not with a decisive vote, but with the clock running out on a federal funding deadline. As this great New York political battle fades into memory, I hope future historians will not remember this […]

Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And…

By Glenn McAnanama | Aug 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan celebrates the extra Car-Free hour in Central Park with members of Upper Green Side and Transportation Alternatives Last week the Dept. of Transportation extended the car-free time on the West Drive of the Central Park loop one extra hour, from 7am to 8am. While this is far short of the goal […]

In the Shadow of the Queensboro Bridge

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2007 | 10 Comments

Life Near the Queensboro Bridge A Streetfilm by Nick Whitaker Running time: 3:44 Sarah Gallagher of the Upper Green Side introduces us to life on the neighborhood streets on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro bridge. Talking with store owners and others in the area, Streetfilms’ Nick Whitaker learns that expensive rent isn’t the only […]

4:00pm Gridlock at the 86th Street Boundary

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2007 | 17 Comments

In this StreetFilm, Upper Green Side’s Glenn McAnanama takes viewers on a brief tour of 86th St. and Second Ave., a heavily congested intersection on the northern boundary of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed congestion pricing zone. It’s 4:00 pm and it’s ugly.

CB8 Shoots Down Upper East Side Crosstown Bike Route Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 19, 2007 | 38 Comments

On Monday, July 9 the transportation committee of Community Board 8 on Manhattan’s Upper East Side took up the issues of congestion pricing and a new pair of crosstown bike lanes. Congestion pricing, it turns out, was the evening’s non-controversial issue. Even after a series of impassioned speeches against Mayor Bloomberg’s traffic reduction plan the […]

How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity?

By Glenn McAnanama | Feb 22, 2007 | 31 Comments

Earlier this week, I received a request in writing from Gary Altman, the Legislative Counsel of the City Council to testify at a hearing on March 1st. The topic of this oversight hearing is: How do we achieve the PlanNYC2030’s Sustainability Goal to Improve Travel Times by Adding Transit Capacity for Millions More Residents, Visitors and Workers? For reference […]

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