Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Air Quality

Philly CarShare Helps City Government Reduce Its Fleet

By Jason Varone | Oct 30, 2007 | 5 Comments

The Philly CarShare program (Motto: "Why own when you can borrow?") is one of the most successful of its kind in the country. Currently in its fifth year, the Philadelphia-based non-profit recently surpassed 30,000 members and is generating $10 million annually to pay for a small staff, the purchase and maintenance of a fleet, and […]

Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

By Jason Varone | Oct 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

Last week, the European Parliament proposed that car advertisements throughout the EU include tobacco-style health warnings about the environmental impact of automobiles. The New York Times reported: Under the plan, 20 percent of the space or time of any auto ad would have to be set aside for information on a car’s fuel consumption and […]

Businessman Hopes to Bring Bikes Back to Beijing

By Jason Varone | Oct 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Only 20 years ago, Beijing was one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. Today, rapidly increasing automobile congestion is helping to turn the Chinese capital into one of the most polluted cities on Earth. Air quality is so bad, the Chinese government is initiating special driving restrictions ahead of next year’s Olympic Games […]

State Opposes City Plan for Hell’s Kitchen Parking

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2007 | 9 Comments

In June we reported on the city’s effort to bring some 20,000 additional parking spaces to the Hudson Yards area on the far West Side, via a rezoning provision adopted in 2005. Though it’s a remnant of the failed stadium plan, the Bloomberg administration nonetheless intends to hold on the parking component, going so far […]

Silver: “We’re Not Doing Gansevoort Today.”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 23, 2007 | 10 Comments

From City Room: Speaker Sheldon Silver told City Room this morning that the Assembly would not act on the proposed West Side trash transfer station near Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district, in his latest snub of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The station has been a priority for the mayor, who held a news conference […]

Tykes on Bikes

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

We’re a bit heavy on bike stuff today (especially considering that all eyes should be on the MTA right now) but following this morning’s bleak news in Brooklyn, I thought it would be nice to end the day on a more life-affirming note. Here is Nick Whitaker’s StreetFilm on the first annual Kids Art Bike […]

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