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File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 5, 2006 | 7 Comments

While New York City inexplicably continues to open up Central Park to motor vehicles from Thanksgiving to New Year’s as a "holiday traffic mitigation," London transformed its most popular shopping area this weekend into a car-free pedestrian zone for holiday shoppers and visitors. Stretches of Oxford and Regents Streets were made into car-free zones this Saturday, December 2 from 10:30 am […]

Safe Routes to Schools: Yesterday’s Press Event

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 1, 2006 | 3 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg and a P.S. 21 student at yesterday’s Safe Routes to Schools announcement in the Bronx. The advocacy work that helped make this event happen: Paper and Balloons Don’t Save Children’s Lives (PDF file), an article from Transportation Alternatives Magazine. And here’s a Safe Routes to Schools timeline.

Dutch Wheelchair

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 28, 2006 | 4 Comments

Drachten, Netherlands. October, 2, 2006 Photo: Aaron Naparstek

Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods

By Ken Coughlin | Nov 22, 2006 | 11 Comments

The Dept. of Transportation’s 2005 study showed there is no need to eliminate car-free hours during the holidays. So why did they do it this year? Every November, year after year, the city sends two contradictory messages to motorists. On the one hand, it urges all those coming to the city during the holiday season to use […]

The Traffic is the Mitigation

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | 11 Comments

mitigate, verb[Latin stem of mitigare, from mitis, mild, gentle]1. Make milder in manner or attitude, make less hostile, mollify.2. Give relief from pain. Lessen the suffering caused by an evil or difficulty.3. Make less oppressive. Make more humane, more bearable. How Orwellian is this? The New York City Department of Transportation’s Holiday Traffic Mitigation Plan went […]

Straphangers’ Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2006 | 13 Comments

Streetsblog has learned that Gene Russianoff, executive director of the Straphangers Campaign, will be named as a member of Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer’s transition team transportation committee. The announcement is likely to be made tomorrow. Russianoff says, "No comment." Unlike yesterday’s inaccurate tip about the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability this item seems to be solid. Russianoff generated […]

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