Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

40,000+ U.S. Buses Are Equipped With Bike Racks. None in NYC.

By Jason Varone | Feb 9, 2007 | 13 Comments

Via the National Center for Bicycling & Walking’s Centerlines Newsletter, the National Center for Transit Research reports: "Over 40,000 buses at more than 300 transit agencies in the U.S. are equipped with bike racks, and an estimated 670,000 bikes-on-transit trips are provided each month… Photo: brandonzwa/Flickr

Making Hell’s Kitchen Less Hellish

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 10, 2007 | 20 Comments

StreetFilms Ninth Avenue Renaissance Town Hall Meeting Running time: 3:35 Monday night was the first meeting of the Ninth Avenue Renaissance project. About 130 neighborhood stakeholders filled the gym at the Holy Cross School in Midtown to begin a process to transform Ninth Avenue from a dysfunctional, traffic-choked, polluted highway into, what organizer Christine Berthet […]

Sunday Times City Section Hits Livable Street Trifecta

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

Priorities for New York’s New Year (Editorial)Traffic Congestion. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered a dazzling and hopeful plan to prepare the city for what is expected to be a substantial rise in population during the next quarter century, but unless the number of motorists is reduced, New Yorkers will choke on their own gridlock. Mr. […]

Day Two: Ten Things for Governor Spitzer to Fix

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 3, 2007 | 21 Comments

Eliot Spitzer’s campaign for governor promised, "Day One: Everything Changes." Well, it’s Day Two and it’s time to govern. Much of New York City’s transportation policy rests in the hands of Albany legislators and agency officials. Here are ten things that the new governor can do to make New York City’s streets more livable and […]

Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief

By Alec | Dec 7, 2006 | 15 Comments

This Morning’s Forum: Road Pricing Worked in London. Can It Work in New York? Three specific proposals to reduce New York City’s ever-increasing traffic congestion emerged from a highly anticipated Manhattan Institute forum this morning. One seeks variable prices on cars driving in to central Manhattan, with express toll lanes and higher parking fees to keep things […]

Curbside Space Wars

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 28, 2006 | 8 Comments

Private cars blocking service vehicles on W. 86th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam There are many users of curbside space in New York City. Taxis, School Buses, Access-A-Ride and other private automobiles need curbside space to pick up and drop off people, often disabled, elderly or children. Trucks making deliveries to businesses and residents need curbside space to load and unload goods and packages. […]

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