Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Culture

Safety City: Where Cars Rule!

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2007 | 15 Comments

As part of our back to school coverage, and in light of news from the past week, we thought it would be a good time to report on programs aimed at keeping kids safe on city streets. In addition to its ever-so-slowly evolving Safe Routes to School effort (three years in, improvements are soon expected […]

Infinite Jest

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 4, 2007 | 4 Comments

Here’s a little back-to-school fun: With the help of an underground tunnel this group of 94 high school seniors from who-knows-where created a never-ending line of pedestrians crossing the street, not allowing a single car to pass for a full 15 minutes. Granted, it’s a bit man power-intensive but wow, is this ever an effective […]

Queens Leaders Fight Safety Fixes for Fatal School Crossing

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 28, 2007 | 25 Comments

DOT plans to simplify a dangerous Queens intersection where a school teacher was killed last December. Here we go again. As we recently saw on 9th Street in Park Slope and 91st Street on the Upper East Side, yet another "complete streets" project is coming under fire from community leaders, this time in Queens. This […]

Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Aug 20, 2007 | 28 Comments

The Daily News reports that more cyclists are getting hit by cars in Williamsburg and Greenpoint — an increase of 38 percent and 188 percent, respectively, over last year. While Transportation Alternatives cites dangerous conditions created by the lack of bike lanes, the News draws a different conclusion: [T]he numbers don’t lie. Stats show that […]

The Urban Transportation Report Card

By Jason Varone | Aug 20, 2007 | 7 Comments

Transportation Alternatives has teamed up with cycling advocates from Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle to issue the Urban Transportation Report Card (PDF), which rates these cities’ progress on greening their transportation systems. The report notes that transportation accounts for 20-60% of carbon emissions in major U.S. cities, so it is very encouraging that in each city […]

New Blog Expounds Joy, and Practicality, of Walking

By Brad Aaron | Aug 17, 2007 | 10 Comments

Writer, Streetsblog reader and contributor Dan Icolari has started a new blog, simply titled "Walking Is Transportation." A lifelong New Yorker and former motorist, Icolari "hung up his car keys" some time ago. He recounts the experience like a recovering addict describing his moment of clarity. Like most American drivers, I was convinced my personal […]

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