Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

Plan B: Reallocating Street Space To Buses, Bikes & Peds

By Jason Varone | Apr 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

In a piece from the March issue of Outside Magazine that seems especially relevant today, Tim Sohn writes about public space reform in New York City. His article is accompanied by an illustration of what the future of our city could look like: complete streets with dedicated bus and bike lanes, traffic calming gardens, and […]

Community Boards Set to Review Livable Streets Proposals

By Brad Aaron | Apr 1, 2008 | 7 Comments

Over the next week or so, community boards in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn will take up planned livable streets projects, as described below. Thursday, April 3 – Queens CB2: A street conversion of Barnett Avenue to a one-way westbound from Woodside Avenue to 39th Avenue, and a request for speed bumps at several locations along […]

Streetfilms: “Lounging on High” in Wodonga, Australia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

David Engwicht is a livable streets philosopher and author. Creator of the Walking School Bus, Mental Speed Bumps and many other innovative ways of taming traffic and increasing pedestrian safety, he has taken on “the challenge of a lifetime” to revitalize the downtown district of Wodonga, a small city in Australia often referred to as […]

What Paterson’s Senate District Stands to Gain From Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

With conflicting reports on congestion pricing’s status in Albany, and given his own ambiguous statements, it remains to be seen whether Governor David Paterson will get behind the plan — though a look at census data published by the Tri State Transportation Campaign shows that most of those he once represented in the New York […]

Congestion Pricing Bill: Fun With Legalese

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2008 | 27 Comments

After months of following the step-by-step evolution of the congestion pricing proposal, there’s a certain satisfaction in seeing familiar concepts codified in legislative language. To wit, we hope readers who’ve been tracking Streetsblog’s coverage of this topic enjoy these excerpts from the bill. Parse away. On short-term transit improvements: The authority [MTA] shall provide for […]

Congestion Pricing Bill: First Impressions

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

Following word that a congestion pricing bill has surfaced in Albany, details are emerging about the actual legislation. Today’s New York Times story on Governor Paterson’s attitude toward pricing included specifics on how penalties would work and confirmed the existence of a "livable streets lock box" funded by parking fees: The measure would charge drivers […]

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