Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

Mayor Livingstone Extends Congestion Charge Westward

By Jason Varone | Feb 22, 2007 | 6 Comments

The BBC reports: London’s congestion charge zone roughly doubled in size with a westward expansion coming into force. The £8-a-day road toll scheme now takes in most of Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea in west London. Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "The zone was, until now, one of the most congested areas in the […]

Help us Find Livable Streets Blogs in Cities Outside NYC

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 22, 2007 | 29 Comments

We are interested in creating a new feature — a collection of links to Streetsblog-ish web sites in other cities around the world. Ideally, this collection of links will represent the best, most comprehensive, most readable group of Livable Streets bloggers anywhere. We could really use the help of the Streetsblog online community to build […]

How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity?

By Glenn McAnanama | Feb 22, 2007 | 31 Comments

Earlier this week, I received a request in writing from Gary Altman, the Legislative Counsel of the City Council to testify at a hearing on March 1st. The topic of this oversight hearing is: How do we achieve the PlanNYC2030’s Sustainability Goal to Improve Travel Times by Adding Transit Capacity for Millions More Residents, Visitors and Workers? For reference […]

PlanNYC 2030: What makes a Community Sustainable?

By Glenn McAnanama | Feb 20, 2007 | 4 Comments

A few weeks ago I attended the first of the Community Leader meetings for the PlanNYC 2030 Sustainability initiative. I thought Streetsblog readers might be interested in some reflections on this from a neighborhood environmentalist perspective. All and all, I’m extremely happy that this initiative is moving forward and the city is starting to take a long term […]

PBS to America: Fight Global Warming, Drive an SUV

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

In 2005, PBS came out with a widely promoted documentary narrated by Alanis Morissette called "Global Warming: The Signs and the Science." For people interested in learning more about the topic of global warming and climate change, this DVD is widely available. Being produced and distributed by a well known and highly respected organization, serves […]

Visualizing a Car-Free Bedford Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 15, 2007 | 41 Comments

Emil Choski has given his Car-Free Bedford Avenue project a serious face lift. The 22-year-old freelance graphic designer and community organizer’s new web site includes a three dimensional “flyby” visualization accompanied by some very un-Williamsburgy classical music. With apologies to the Meatpacking District and Ninth Avenue, Emil’s project has to be my favorite grassroots livable […]

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