Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

What Up, G?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

Graffiti at the Metropolitan Ave. subway station on the G line. Streetsblog will be keeping an eye on Save The G, a new blog advocating for service improvements on the beleaguered G subway line. The blog is being produced by a coalition of civic groups and elected officials from Brooklyn and Queens, including, Queens Civic […]

In the Shadow of the Queensboro Bridge

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2007 | 10 Comments

Life Near the Queensboro Bridge A Streetfilm by Nick Whitaker Running time: 3:44 Sarah Gallagher of the Upper Green Side introduces us to life on the neighborhood streets on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro bridge. Talking with store owners and others in the area, Streetfilms’ Nick Whitaker learns that expensive rent isn’t the only […]

New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the “Highway to Nowhere”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 6, 2007 | 7 Comments

Sheridan Swap is a new blog covering the Mother of All Livable Streets projects — the long-running campaign to convert one mile of little-used highway running along the Bronx River into affordable housing, parkland, greenway and economic opportunity for one of the city’s most beleaguered neighborhoods. The blog is run by the Southern Bronx River […]

City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Aug 1, 2007 | 4 Comments

Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street The stories are similar. Bike-commuting city employees ride to work, same as any other day. But when they get to their buildings they’re told they can’t come in — not with their bicycles, at least — forcing them to leave the bikes outside, in many cases unguarded against […]

Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 31, 2007 | 30 Comments

As we reported yesterday, starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park’s West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today announced further […]

Parking Meters: The Congestion Pricing Controversy of 1932

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 30, 2007 | 3 Comments

By now we’re all familiar with the litany of complaints about the City’s new traffic control plan: It’s an unfair and burdensome new tax; it’s going to kill retail business and hurt the little guy; and most of all, it’s just plain "un-American." That, of course, is what critics are saying about congestion pricing in […]

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