Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

From the New York Times, via an eagle-eyed Streetsblog tipster: A police captain who admitted having a forbidden affair with an officer under his command was convicted yesterday of brutally beating her on a Greenwich Village street. The jury in State Supreme Court in Manhattan found the captain, Alberto Sanchez, guilty of third-degree assault, a […]

Hello, Dolly!

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2007 | 45 Comments

A knowledgeable tipster submitted this gem to UncivilServants, the web-based watchdog for government parking abuse in New York City. The yellow Porsche Carrera, above, was spotted parked in front of a fire hydrant on the east side of Seventh Avenue, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between Sterling Place and St. John’s Place at about 7:30 pm […]

City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Aug 1, 2007 | 4 Comments

Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street The stories are similar. Bike-commuting city employees ride to work, same as any other day. But when they get to their buildings they’re told they can’t come in — not with their bicycles, at least — forcing them to leave the bikes outside, in many cases unguarded against […]

Sadik-Khan: Many Initiatives Are Under Way…

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 30, 2007 | 7 Comments

Today’s Crain’s Insider, available to subscribers only, reports on the next steps for the Bloomberg Administration’s broader Long-Term Sustainability Plan now that congestion pricing has cleared its first hurdle in Albany: 7.30.07 Crain’s NY Business The Insider by Erik Engquist and Anne Michaud GREEN PLAN Closer to home NOW THAT the Legislature has passed a […]

Parking Reform: Reduce Congestion & Raise Money Minus Albany

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2007 | 22 Comments

With congestion pricing stalled in Albany gridlock, what’s next? What immediate measures can New York City take to reduce traffic congestion without having to go through Albany to implement them? How else might New York City reduce traffic congestion while raising a bit of money for transit, bicycling and pedestrian improvements? Back in May, Transportation […]

Shifting Gears at DOT

By Jason Varone | Jun 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan bicylcing to work during her first week on the job Crain’s New York reports that the earth is shaking below Dept. of Transportation headquarters at 40 Worth Street: Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s new transportation commissioner, politely says she’s building on the foundation left by her predecessors. In fact, she is […]

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