Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen

By Jason Varone | May 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds On the closing day of New York City’s historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break […]

CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project

By Aaron Naparstek | May 18, 2007 | 12 Comments

The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6, of which I’m a member, voted unanimously last night to approve DOT’s traffic calming and bike lane plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street. The approval came with requests that DOT build a bike lane along Prospect Park West, undertake a curbside management study aimed at alleviating double-parking […]

9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight

By Aaron Naparstek | May 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

Konrad Kaletsch‘s street safety petition to DOT, July 2005. Tonight, the Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety and Bike Lane plan for Park Slope’s crash-prone 9th Street comes up before the transportation committee of Community Board 6 for the second time. Here are the details: 6:30 pm at Old First Church729 Carroll Street at 7th Avenue […]

The Car Habit Is Tough to Break

By Sarah Goodyear | May 17, 2007 | 20 Comments

"People are addicted to their cars," said John Street, the Mayor of Philadelphia, at a panel on transport yesterday during the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. He was identifying what he saw as the major challenge for cities striving to make their transport systems more environmentally sustainable. That remark prompted a comment later from Jim […]

Aug. ’05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | May 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and 9th St. resident Konrad Kaletsch at Dizzy’s Diner, Eighth Ave. and 9th St., August 2, 2005. That’s DOT Borough Commissioner Lori Ardito in the background wearing shades and looking none too happy to be harangued by Park Slopers demanding safer streets. Tomorrow evening the transportation committee of Community Board […]

Letter of the Week: Congestion Pricing Diplomacy

By Jason Varone | May 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

The Bloomberg Administration is aiming to push its PlaNYC congestion pricing proposal through this session of the state legislature. That means the entire debate will take place within the next 36 days or so. One thing that you can do as an individual citizens to support the Mayor’s plan is to write a letter to […]

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