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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 […]

An NYC First: On-Street Parking Spaces Replaced by Bike Racks

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 26 Comments

The new bike racks have been installed at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As the Dept. of Transportation announces in today’s press release, "The facility marks the first time car parking spaces have been removed to accommodate bicycle parking in New York City." DOT extended a 76-foot section of the sidewalk […]

Brooklyn Merchants Fight for Parking Over Affordable Housing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

A group of profoundly confused Brooklyn merchants have convinced themselves that a nearby empty lot is better used for motor vehicle storage than affordable housing for 152 families. Oh, and by the way, the affordable housing plan includes an even larger parking lot beneath the building. The Daily News reports: A group of Williamsburg merchants […]

Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 6, 2007 | 4 Comments

Supporters of congestion pricing rallied yesterday in Times Square, urging state lawmakers to act by July 16 on Mayor Bloomberg’s initiative or risk losing $500 million in federal funds. "The time is now," said the mayor, according to the New York Post. "We cannot walk away from this opportunity." Shouting out to tourists in a […]

The Suburbanist Paradox

By Jason Varone | Jul 6, 2007 | 13 Comments

The Atlantic Monthly’s Matthew Yglesias argues that high-density living is a key strategy to fight climate change. Yglesias takes issue with fellow Atlantic Online blogger Ross Douthat and author Joel Kotkin, who defend suburban sprawl — what James Kunstler has famously called "the most destructive development pattern the world has ever seen, and perhaps the […]

A Rising Bicycle Tide in Mexico City

By Sarah Goodyear | Jul 5, 2007 | 4 Comments

Back in April, Marcelo Ebrad, the mayor of Mexico City, announced he wanted those who worked in his administration to ride bicycles to work one day a month (at right, Ebrard, center, kicks off the program). Many were shocked at the idea, or simply laughed it off. But this excellent article in the San Diego […]

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