Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan Bridge

DOT’s Missed Opportunity on the Manhattan Bridge

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 16, 2006 | 13 Comments

On Friday, Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall stood up in front of 600 people at Borough President Stringer’s Transportation Policy Conference and said that her agency was serious about reducing car use in New York City. It was a great policy speech. Then on Sunday morning I flipped on the radio and heard that […]

DOT Revs Up its “Alternative Modes” Department

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 28, 2006 | 5 Comments

A rendering of the Sands Street bike path on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge Here is yet another sign that change is afoot at New York City’s Department of Transportation: Insiders are reporting that Ryan Russo has been promoted from the Brooklyn Borough Commissioner’s office to take over as the new Director of Alternative Modes. […]