Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about PlaNYC

Mayor’s Office: Electric Cars Must Comply With PlaNYC Goal of Fewer Cars

By Noah Kazis | Feb 12, 2010 | 50 Comments

New York City is not looking to create infrastructure for charging cars on city streets. Image: theqsqueaks via Flickr. "Electric vehicles are here. They’re coming, and they won’t stop." Last night, DOT Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller opened a panel discussion on electric car adoption in New York City with an implicit message: We should be […]

PlaNYC Report Takes a Restrained Approach to Promoting Electric Cars

By Noah Kazis | Jan 29, 2010 | 83 Comments

An electric car in London. Image: exfordy via Flickr. Last week, the Mayor’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability released its newest report, "Exploring Electric Vehicle Adoption in New York City" [PDF]. In a breezy 22 pages, it lays out some strategies to maximize electric vehicle purchases by so-called early adopters in the next five […]

Pro-Parking Policies Will Sully the Legacy of PlaNYC

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Getty via Daily Intel Former Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, widely credited as the architect of PlaNYC, spoke at the Museum of the City of New York last week on the potential impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s signature program. According to City Room, Doctoroff considers the two-year-old environmental blueprint on par with such grand projects as […]

Bloomberg: Buildings Can Be Green and Full of Parking

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2009 | 26 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg at today’s Gateway Center grand opening. Photo: WNYC. Kudos to Mayor Mike for calling out the Senate Dems’ poor excuse for an MTA plan. If only Bloomberg could see his own policies with such clear eyes. Yesterday the mayor unveiled a package of legislation designed to cut carbon emissions produced by buildings, to […]

Bloomberg: Four More Years?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2008 | 41 Comments

With Michael Bloomberg expected to announce today that he will seek a third term as mayor, current and would-be electeds are, understandably, in a tizzy. While few two-term City Council incumbents seem to support term limits, several have their sights set on other offices, and many say they are leery of changing the rules to […]

Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters

By Glenn McAnanama | Apr 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

After nearly a year of personally advocating for congestion pricing, I shared my fellow Streetsbloggers’ frustration as the current round ended not with a decisive vote, but with the clock running out on a federal funding deadline. As this great New York political battle fades into memory, I hope future historians will not remember this […]

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