Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

The Cost of Free Residential Parking

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No Curbside Access for Trucks Create Traffic Jams Across the City There is a source of congestion on every city street that has a solution. We need trucks to deliver goods to our stores, deliver food to our restaurants and to move furniture into and out of our homes. 100% of Manhattan’s goods enter the island […]

Rally for a Livable Houston Street

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(Photo by Will Sherman of Transportation Alternatives) As promised, members of Manhattan Community Board 2 and Transportation Alternatives held a rally yesterday where many elected officials spoke of the need for improved bicycling and pedestrian facilities on the Interstate Highway in our midst, Houston Street. Eighty years ago, Houston Street was a narrow street not much wider than Prince or Bleecker Streets […]

Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes

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If you’ve seen those eerie white "ghost bikes" on Houston Street, you may know that three cyclists have been killed on "the Boulevard of Death" during the past two years: Derek Lake, Brandie Bailey and Andrew Morgan. In the wake of this loss of life, members of Community Board 2’s Traffic & Transportation Committee are holding a rally on Wednesday […]

NY1: Why is Bloomberg So Weak on Transportation?

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Fifty-nine percent of New Yorkers say Mayor Bloomberg is doing a poor-to-fair job on transportation. Jon Orcutt, Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign was on New York 1’s "In Transit" this weekend discussing the results of a survey showing that most New Yorkers are unhappy with Mayor Bloomberg’s job on transportation. Click here to see the video. […]