Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

A New Day at DOT

By Aaron Naparstek | May 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

Today is Janette Sadik-Khan’s first official day on the job as New York City’s new Department of Transportation commissioner. Word has it she recently purchased a new bicycle and will be using it every so often to commute between her home in the West Village and her new office on Worth Street. As Mayor Bloomberg […]

Where Do New York City Bike Commuters Come From?

By Jason Varone | May 10, 2007 | 17 Comments

Park Slope and Manhattan Valley have the largest numbers of bike commuters in NYC The Department of City Planning just released its 2007 New York City Bicycle Survey. With over 1,000 survey respondents, the report documents several trends and key findings regarding bike commuting, parking, and facililties in the city. Some of the highlights include: […]

What $13 Billion Looks Like

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2007 | 7 Comments

With the above chart and these comments in mind, here’s some food for thought from the PlaNYC Transportation chapter: Only 4.6% of working New Yorkers commute to Manhattan by car. The vast majority of trips made in New York are not to Manhattan; even among commuters, nearly twice as many outer borough residents work […]

Decongestion in Cities Around the World

By Jason Varone | Apr 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

GOOD Magazine profiles five innovations in urban transportation that you don’t find in America, yet. Josh Jackson reports: Cities around the world are leaps and bounds ahead of America when it comes to issues of urban transit. Though this country is woefully lagging, it’s a rare example of when falling behind actually works in your […]

Queens Residents Oppose Loss of Parking for Bus Rapid Transit

By Jason Varone | Apr 17, 2007 | 13 Comments

Trend Watch: New York City Community Boards and civic groups opposing progressive transportation projects on the grounds that they interfere with car owners’ on-street parking and double-parking privileges. Last week, while DOT was catching flack in Brooklyn for its plan to stripe bike lanes on Brooklyn’s 9th Street, Community Board 13 in Queens was putting […]

DOT’s 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007 | 8 Comments

Print this DocumentNinth Street at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, outside of Dizzy’s Diner. The Department of Transportation’s plan for pedestrian safety, traffic-calming and bike lane for Park Slope’s 9th Street is causing quite a bit of anxiety. Some of this angst, clearly, has been generated due to DOT’s failure to bring community stakeholders into […]

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