Bloomberg: “New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge”
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Is happening right now….Catch it at NYC.gov
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development
Seoul’s New Heart
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Below are some excerpts from a fascinating story by John Vidal in last month’s Guardian that I haven’t seen covered in any American media. As the debate over traffic relief heats up in New York City, take a look at how the demolition of an elevated highway motorway the center of South Korea’s capital and the […]
Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief
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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 […]
A Parking Lot Grows in Brooklyn
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Norman "the Human Tape Rec’oder" Oder , the hardest working advocacy journalist in New York City, has really been digging in to the important but not-particularly-sexy issue of parking policy at Forest City Enterprise’s proposed "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn. In July when the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was issued it included a plan to […]
What Went Wrong With “Atlantic Yards?”
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An Interview With Kent Barwick, President of the Municipal Art Society "There is disappointment, annoyance, and anger because there hasn’t been any way for anyone to have a voice. Who is listening to the people living around Atlantic Yards?" With the Pataki Adminstration scrambling to beat the buzzer and win approval for Forest City Enterprise’s […]
Speak Up to Keep the Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza
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Before being transformed into a public plaza, Willoughby Street was filled with illegally parked cars. Tomorrow evening there will be an important public meeting at St. Francis College, Room 7402, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, 5:00 to 6:00 pm, to help determine the fate of the new Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. If you are someone […]