Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

Stolen Bike Rescued by Online Geeks

By Brad Aaron | Nov 14, 2007 | 8 Comments

City Room has the amusing tale of a stolen one-of-a-kind bike, recovered with the help of the Internet, an avenging bike messenger, and inspired plots involving underwear worn on the outside. When Agata Slota’s bicycle disappeared from a spot near Union Square one day in September, the odds were that she would never see it […]

Brian Ketcham Proposes a “Simpler, Cheaper Traffic Fix”

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 14, 2007 | 41 Comments

Distribution of vehicles entering Manhattan CBD by direction and pricing status (Zupan & Perrotta, 2003). In an op/ed piece in Monday’s Daily News, Brooklyn-based transportation consultant Brian Ketcham proposed some changes to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. Ketcham, who has been pushing for some form of congestion pricing since his time working for the Lindsay […]

Nasty Newsrack Photo Contest Finalists

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 12, 2007 | 18 Comments

The Municipal Art Society will be announcing the winner of its Nasty Newsrack Photo Competition tomorrow. MAS launched the "OUTRAGE!!! Nasty Newsrack Photo Competition" to highlight the rampant legal violations of newsracks in New York City, and received more than 200 submissions. MAS is currently is exploring new newsrack policies and designs that have been […]

StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 7, 2007 | 9 Comments

A standing room-only crowd turned out for last night’s Upper West Side Streets Renaissance event with Danish urban designer Jan Gehl and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. All in all, it was an inspiring night and we’ll have a more detailed write-up later today. Though Gehl wasn’t allowed to get too specific about the work he […]

Shared Space on the Brooklyn Bridge

By Alex Marshall | Nov 7, 2007 | 71 Comments

I’d bet that people walking outnumber people bicycling across the Brooklyn Bridge by at least 100 to one. I cycle across the wooden-slatted walkway that soars over the top of the bridge regularly now, and every time I do so I think about this. My rolling bicycle negates the space for scores of people every […]

Upper West Side Renaissance on WNYC

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

This morning’s Brian Lehrer interview with Open Planning Project Director Mark Gorton, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and, ummm… 30 Rock’s Alec Baldwin, is now online. If you missed it, listen here:

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