Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

Public Health and Livable Streets: Making the Connection

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 11, 2007 | 5 Comments

Thirty years ago the health arguments against car-dependence were 90 percent about air pollution and 10 percent about physical inactivity. Now, with tailpipe pollution down and obesity and diabetes up, those percentages are reversed. The latest evidence is a valuable new report, Steps to Get New Yorkers Moving (PDF file), from the Public Health Association […]

Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices

By Aaron Donovan | Jan 11, 2007 | 11 Comments

Via a Streetsblog tipster: In Valley Village, Calif., near L.A., people leave their trash in the bike lane for the convenience of the sanitation crews. Here in New York, we sometimes leave it where cars would otherwise park. Here’s a photo taken at midnight in a place where the sign says no standing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Day Two: Ten Things for Governor Spitzer to Fix

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 3, 2007 | 21 Comments

Eliot Spitzer’s campaign for governor promised, "Day One: Everything Changes." Well, it’s Day Two and it’s time to govern. Much of New York City’s transportation policy rests in the hands of Albany legislators and agency officials. Here are ten things that the new governor can do to make New York City’s streets more livable and […]

Setting the Agenda on Pedestrian Safety

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 31, 2006 | 29 Comments

On the evening of Saturday, January 10, 2004, Peter Hornbeck, 26, stepped off the curb at Park Avenue and 96th Street and was struck by a Chevy Suburban traveling 74 miles per hour. The SUV, being driven by a 26-year-old man from Queens who had had his license revoked years earlier, dragged Hornbeck for a block as Hornbeck’s friends cried out in […]

Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 18, 2006 | 15 Comments

Some of us at Streetsblog headquarters were talking about putting together a sidebar listing of recommended books to reinforce the commentary you find on the blog. I put together a few brief recommendations of five of my favorites, but we’re also interested in learning what you’ve all been reading and what you’d suggest to others, so […]

Streetfilms: Curbing Cars in Soho

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 14, 2006 | 6 Comments

You’ve got to hand it to Clarence Eckerson. The producer of Streetfilms managed to turn around a video of this morning’s press conference announcing the new Bruce Schaller study of Soho streets (PDF) in less than four hours and it’s a really nice piece of work. My only gripe is that he edited out the […]

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