Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Fights for Livable Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2006 | 3 Comments

DOT’s failure to provide a traffic signal or even a simple crosswalk at intersections along DeKalb Avenue disconnects the neighborhood from its bus stops and its park. Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Association is running an exemplary grassroots campaign on local pedestrian safety issues. The neighborhood group has generated more than 500 letters to DOT requesting specific improvements in crosswalk layouts […]

Hillary Feels Staten Island’s Pain on Traffic

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2006 | 4 Comments

While transportation issues are clearly not very high up on Mayor Bloomberg’s agenda, at least one New York elected official is acknowledging that the city has major traffic problems in need of big solutions. At last week’s Staten Island Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Clinton focused almost exclusively on transportation issues, according to the Advance: From scorning Staten […]

The Post ‘Drops the Ball’ on Yankee Stadium Story

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 12, 2006 | 3 Comments

The Post had a story yesterday reporting on the last ditch effort to stop the Yankee’s bad plan to build a new stadium with fewer seats for us Yankee fans but dump more traffic and emissions on the already suffering low-income neighborhoods of the south Bronx. Here’s how the Post characterizes opponents of the plan: Stadium opponents, led by […]

Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2006 | 5 Comments

Correpsondent Pascal van den Noort sends news of this project that his organization, Velo Mondial is working on in Qatar. The ruler of Qatar, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani wants to get his people riding bicycles. One of the challenges in accomplishing this goal is the fact that, for much of the year, Qatar […]

Report Calls for Radical Rethink of New York Area Planning

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 9, 2006 | 6 Comments

Population density in the New York region. A major report released today conclude that the New York region needs to radically rethink its approach to land use, transportation and school finance. The report was issued by the Citizens Housing and Planning Council and the Regional Plan Association. The New York Times summarizes: The report said […]

Can You Name the Town?

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 9, 2006 | 18 Comments

Sorry I missed posting last week’s Weekly Carnage everyone. I was out of town, um, visiting the strip mall in the photo above. Every time I leave the city I end up in a place like this: A sea of unused parking spaces in front of a strip mall accessible only by the car with no housing anywhere […]

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