Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

DOT: “Our Job is to Keep Traffic Moving, Not Pedestrian Safety”

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 8, 2007 | 12 Comments

Scribner Avenue, New Brighton, Staten Island, formerly two- and now one-way, looking up the hill toward Bismarck Avenue from Westervelt Avenue Streetsblog reader Dan Icolari became curious about changes that were being made on his neighborhood streets in Staten Island. In researching the issue he found that progressive policy statements coming out of Department of […]

Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed “Innovative?”

By Jason Varone | Feb 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Staten Island Advance reports on Monday’s press conference outlining the qualities that leading City Council members would like to see in the next DOT Commissioner. The Bloomberg Administration responded to the Council with the following statement: The Mayor will appoint a commissioner who will carry out policies to meet the sustainability challenges he […]

Driving Mrs. Kelly

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 7, 2007 | 9 Comments

Police columnist Len Levitt of NYPD Confidential has an interesting piece on Commissioner Ray Kelly’s use of his official security detail to chauffeur his wife on personal trips at taxpayer expense. My first reaction would be a big "So what?" except for three things: State Comptroller Alan Hevesi was forced from office earlier this year […]

Disgruntled Drivers Responsible for UK Letter Bombs?

By Sarah Goodyear | Feb 7, 2007 | 13 Comments

A letter bomb exploded yesterday at the offices of the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, South Wales, injuring a woman. It was the seventh such incident reported at a UK agency linked to traffic enforcement in the past three weeks, and the third in three days, according to an article in the Guardian. […]

New York New Visions Tackles “Sustainable” New York Future

By Neil deMause | Feb 6, 2007 | 2 Comments

After Mayor Bloomberg’s December announcement of his PlaNYC initiative to prepare for a sustainable New York of 9 million people by 2030, New York New Visions, the group of architects and planners originally organized around Ground Zero rebuilding, announced it was expanding its scope to tackle the new challenge. Last night, in a stark white […]

Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 6, 2007 | 18 Comments

Chairman of the City Council Transportation Committee, John C. Liu, praised outgoing DOT commissioner Iris Weinshall and called for an innovative thinker as her successor. You’ve already weighed in on what you’d like to see in the next DOT commissioner. Now members of the City Council and Transportation Alternatives have weighed in too, with a press conference […]

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