Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

The Cost of Free Residential Parking

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 1, 2006 | 11 Comments

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

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 31, 2006 | 8 Comments

(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

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 25, 2006 | 3 Comments

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 […]

Eyes on the Street: Demand Management

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 21, 2006 | 5 Comments

You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax. –Ancient Economic Adage

Sneak Preview of Bloomberg’s 21st Century Urban Vision

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 16, 2006 | 16 Comments

As reported in today’s Observer a team working under Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff has, for the last year or so, been secretly developing a sweeping, new urban planning vision for New York City. In its scope and ambition, the Observer compares the plan to the 1811 layout of Manhattan’s street grid system and the 1929 […]

NY1: Why is Bloomberg So Weak on Transportation?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 16, 2006 | 2 Comments

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. […]

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