Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Delucchi Study Finds That U.S. Motorists Do Not Pay Their Way

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 20, 2007 | 23 Comments

A dozen or so years ago, back when congestion pricing was a distant dream and New York City’s number one transportation priority was to squeeze more transit funding from government, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign commissioned me to determine which was greater: the dollars that New York State governments took in from drivers, or the […]

Officers Stopping Cyclists in Central Park

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2007 | 28 Comments

From Streetsblog commenter Steve: Project "Look" may include new programmatic law enforcement efforts targeting bicyclists. Each morning this week we were confronted by a Parks & Rec. Department law enforcement personnel operating checkpoints at different locations on the Central Park Loop. Today’s checkpoint was different than the previous two. There were two serial checkpoints, […]

City to Unveil ‘Look’ Bike Safety Campaign

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2007 | 4 Comments

The New York City Department of Transportation will announce its anticipated new bike safety initiative at noon today in the South Plaza of Union Square. From Transportation Alternatives: Transportation Alternatives is proud to be part of New York City’s first citywide education campaign targeting cyclists and motorists, which will be officially launched later today. Developed […]

A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under

By Brad Aaron | Sep 13, 2007 | 2 Comments

We reported yesterday that noted Danish urbanist Jan Gehl will soon be surveying New York streets with an eye toward improving them for human use. Gehl has been working in Sydney, Australia as of late, and an essay he wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald offers insight into what he may be looking for here in […]

World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week

By Jason Varone | Sep 13, 2007 | 2 Comments

Syndicated columnist Neal Peirce asks whether our planet will be able to absorb the population "mega-surge" currently underway in Africa, Asia and Latin America. From Common Dreams: The problem is that the global population base has increased so radically that even seemingly modest birthrates can have momentous consequences. Joel Cohen (head of the Laboratory of […]

Gridlock Sam Offers Four Ideas to Cut Traffic Congestion

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 12, 2007 | 16 Comments

In today’s Daily News, former New York City Deputy Traffic Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz says congestion pricing should "proceed now" and offers four additional ideas for creating a little breathing room on Manhattan’s streets: One way to reduce congestion is to reduce the number of taxis – permanently. I did the math when I was […]

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