Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London
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On-street parking space becomes a pub’s outdoor patio in Covent Garden, London. Photo: Aaron Naparstek
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Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT’s 9th Street Plan
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If you live in or around Park Slope, Brooklyn, then please take just a minute to click this link and send a fax to Borough President Marty Markowitz expressing your support for DOT’s traffic safety plan for 9th Street. As we’ve reported here on Streetsblog, the Department of Transportation has put forward a thoughtful and […]
Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index)
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Number of times each of the following words or phrases appears in the PlaNYC chapter on transportation: congestion: 105 bus(es): 157 bike/bikes/biker/bicycle/bicycles/bicycling/cycling: 53 bike lane: 3 pedestrian: 9 sidewalk: 16 crosswalk: 2 safety: 7 pedestrian safety: 1 drive/driver(s)/driving: 58 car(s)/auto(s)/automobile: 27 truck(s)/truckers: 24 enforce/enforcing/enforcement: 15 speeding: 3 struck/injured/killed/fatalities: 0 Photo: faz../Flickr
Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets
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Little Legs For Green Streets A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 2 minutes 41 seconds This Streetfilm celebrates the students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope who are going green. The entire school participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for Transportation Alternatives, Amazon Watch, and Added Value.
How Green Is Our Mayor
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Bookending his much-vaunted Earth Day speech with congratulatory video clips from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mayor Mike Bloomberg called for New Yorkers to take the initiative in the international fight against global warming, positioning himself as a leader on the issue. "Climate change is a national challenge, and meeting […]
Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB
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Roosevelt Island’s old connection to the Queensboro Bridge — elevator building, 1916-1956 On Wednesday, Community Board 8 in Manhattan unanimously approved a proposal for conducting a feasibility study to physically connect Roosevelt Island to the Queensboro Bridge pedestrian and bike path. The proposal was put forth by Ellen Polivy of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) and the […]