Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Wiki Wednesday: “Shovel-Ready” Pedestrian Safety Plans?

By Ben Fried | Jan 7, 2009 | 5 Comments

StreetsWiki author Andy Hamilton files this entry on an idea from our very own Federal Highway Administration: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. The concept includes a step by step methodology to identify and correct pedestrian safety hazards, as well as to plan a more walkable community from the ground up. FHWA developed a how-to guide, […]

Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion

By Ben Fried | Jan 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

States should know better than to funnel more money into road expansion at the expense of maintenance. With President-elect Obama back in Washington, action is heating up again around the economic recovery package, which could total up to $850 billion over the next two years. As much as $100 billion may be at stake for […]

Cartoon Tuesday: What’s Your Destination?

By Ben Fried | Jan 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Good stuff this week from Tom Toles, whose transpo-themed editorial cartoons are always on target. Click through for the rest of this commentary.

The Elevated Bikeways of Minneapolis?

By Ben Fried | Dec 23, 2008 | 13 Comments

Via Streetsblog Network member Twin Cities Streets for People, this vid depicts a fanciful best-case scenario should stimulus funds get funneled to highway expansion at the expense of transit, bike, and pedestrian infrastructure. Talk about unintended consequences. Excellent job by the filmmakers of putting a closed-off stretch of freeway to good use.

Want a Green Recovery? Stimulate Green Transportation

By Ben Fried | Dec 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

Rather not waste billions on stuff like this? Call your rep. Photo: dherrera_96/Flickr. The massive federal stimulus package — expected to direct hundreds of billions to infrastructure projects over the next two years — enters a critical phase this weekend as congressional leaders and the Obama team hammer out the bulk of the bill. For […]

Congestion Pricing vs. Ravitch Plan: Which is Better for the Boroughs?

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 19, 2008 | 26 Comments

Under the Ravitch Plan, driving into Manhattan over the Third Avenue Bridge will be a relative bargain for Richard Brodsky’s Westchester constituents. It’s easy to dismiss City Councilmembers Lew Fidler and Peter Vallone, Jr. as transportation troglodytes. They’ve led the pushback against bridge tolls — most recently at the City Council hearing this week on […]

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