Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Londoners Take to the Streets — on Cycles

By Sarah Goodyear | May 3, 2007 | 4 Comments

Via the blog of Stuart Hughes, a BBC journalist who lost part of his leg in Iraq while on assignment in 2003 and who is an avid cyclist, come a few interesting links regarding cycling in London. First, a BBC story on the skyrocketing popularity of biking both for recreation and commuting in London, a […]

Are “Directional Miles of Bike Lanes” a Good Metric?

By Glenn McAnanama | May 3, 2007 | 32 Comments

Monday night I attended Manhattan Community Board 8’s pedestrian and cycling safety forum. There was an All-Star cast of panelists. Former DOT Commissioner Sam Schwartz, Manhattan DOT Commissioner Margaret Forgione and Director of Street Management and Safety Ryan Russo, Matthew Bauer of the Madison Ave BID, Traffic Enforcement Agents as well as other transportation experts. There were the usual complaints […]

PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report

By Aaron Naparstek | May 1, 2007 | 7 Comments

The PlaNYC team has released the technical report providing the detailed background data for the transportation recommendations made in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s April 22 Long-Term Planning & Sustainability speech. It’s a big download — 25 megabytes and 166 pages — but if you are a New York City transportation policy wonk, it’s totally worth it. […]

Five Small Steps to a More Effective, Progressive DOT

By John Kaehny | Apr 30, 2007 | 5 Comments

With a new commissioner coming in to run New York City’s Department of Transportation, now is a good time to begin a conversation about what the agency could be doing differently to make itself more effective. DOT has a tough job. It has conflicting, and sometimes contradictory, mandates from the mayor, city council and communities […]

It’s Official: Sadik-Khan in at DOT

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

After weeks of speculation, City Hall has announced that Janette Sadik-Khan, a senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, will be the new commissioner of the NYC DOT. This from a press release issued this afternoon by the mayor’s office: "Janette Sadik-Khan has a superb mix of public and private sector transportation management experience and she […]

Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring?

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 27, 2007 | 5 Comments

Would they get out of their cars if they could surf the Web on the bus? A recent article in USA Today looks at technological fixes for environmental problems — including traffic — caused by America’s exploding consumption of resources. The USA is growing more rapidly than any other developed nation and is projected to […]

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