Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Bike Parking on Steroids

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 27, 2007 | 23 Comments

"Cyclists are so used to doing with scraps and they’ve been that way for so long that they are shocked when they get anything that satisfies their needs." Barry Bonds may almost have the home run record, but the San Francisco Giants have another milestone that is much more admirable: the first free, convienent, […]

French Revolution

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 26, 2007 | 18 Comments

Two lanes in the middle of this Parisian avenue have been set aside for the exclusive use of buses, bikes and taxis. Private automobiles have been squeezed into the margins. Serge Schemman has a great little essay on Parisian transportation and public space policy on the editorial page of today’s New York Times. I was […]

Ninth Ave. and 14th Street Redesign Update

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2007 | No Comments

Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas is keeping track of the street redesign currently underway at Ninth Ave. and 14th St. in Manhattan. Here is his Flickr photo set. Lockhart Steele at Curbed has named this project the "Bizarro Meatpacking Plaza."

Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 24, 2007 | 11 Comments

Luc Nadal of the Institute for Transportation Development Policy sends along these photos showing some of the exciting new things happening on Parisian streets these days. We’ve been hearing a lot about Velib, Paris’s new public bike-sharing program. But that is just one of many new transportation and public space programs initiated by Mayor Bertrand […]

Congestion Pricing: What’s the Deal?

By John Kaehny | Jul 20, 2007 | 32 Comments

Nobody knows whether the convoluted and difficult congestion pricing "deal" reached by political leaders yesterday will actually result in anything. The deal is complex even by Albany standards. A few things, however, are clear: Mayor Bloomberg does not have a "green light" to move forward with congestion pricing, nor has he been granted any new […]

Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing

By John Kaehny | Jul 18, 2007 | 7 Comments

An enforcement camera in London captures a motorist in the bus lane. Mayor Bloomberg’s strategy was to bundle all of the PlanNYC transportation reforms requiring legislative approval into one bill. The sinking of the congestion pricing ship took other victims with it. Lost with congestion pricing was legislation approving bus lane enforcement cameras, residential parking […]

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