Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Economics

If a 26.2-mile, Half-Day Street Closure Generates $188M…

By Biker H | Nov 7, 2006 | 1 Comment

Why not Close New York City’s Streets to Traffic More Often? Sunday was New York City’s 26.2-mile block party, a once-a-year occasion for residents and visitors alike to actually enjoy the city streets. A recently announced economic-impact study of the 2005 race calculated that the marathon–complete with participants and spectators from near and far, sponsors, charities, media, prize […]

Scrimp My Ride

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 7, 2006 | 3 Comments

November 7, 2006 To: Mayor Bloomberg, Council Speaker Quinn and various other electeds and commissionersFr: Charles KomanoffRe: Your request for Conflicts of Interest Board guidance on repayment for personal use of taxpayer-funded cars and drivers. Forget the Conflicts Board. You don’t need them. Talk to me and Brian. We’ll tell you what to pay. Brian […]

London Calling. Are New York’s Leaders Really Listening?

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2006 | 6 Comments

London officials closed the northern side of Trafalgar Square to traffic creating a vibrant new public space. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Chuck Schumer argue that New York City risks losing its place of global pre-eminence in a Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday. The editorial is a response to growing conventional wisdom that says London […]

The Cost of Sprawl on Low-Income Families

By Aaron Donovan | Oct 17, 2006 | 9 Comments

Via the Manhattan Institute’s new blog, Streetsblog learns of a pdf-formatted report entitled A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Famillies, which looks at the housing and transportation expenses paid by lower income families in a number of cities. The report, published by the Center for Housing Policy, a K Street […]

Ride a Bike & Get the World’s Best Cookie Half-Price

By Alec | Oct 13, 2006 | 13 Comments

While we’re seeking great streets, we’ve found an exemplary store in Manhattan’s Build a Green Bakery. This tiny East Village shop sells organic pastries, coffee and tea in an all-sustainable setting. The owner, City Bakery’s Maury Rubin, made the space an environmentalists’ showroom. He chose walls of wheat and sunflower husks and colored them with […]

Can Sprawl Be Beneficial?

By Aaron Donovan | Oct 4, 2006 | 20 Comments

Panelists on suburban sprawl: Eugenie Birch, James Russell, Robert Bruegmann and Alexander Garvin. Folks who went to yesterday’s Municipal Art Society forum "Can Sprawl Be Beneficial" heard what must be the best possible defense for suburban sprawl from one of its recently arrived boosters: "I’m not saying that sprawl is good," said author Robert Bruegmann. "All I’m saying is that […]

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