Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Out of Town

Traffic Continues to Disappear in Paris

By Ethan Kent | | 4 Comments
In 2001, shortly after being elected the Mayor of Paris on a platform promising to "fight, with all the means at my disposal, against the harmful, ever-increasing and unacceptable hegemony of the automobile," Bertrand Delanoë began implementing a series of far-reaching transportation reforms throughout the City of Light. With New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner […]

European Vacation

By Aaron Naparstek | | 3 Comments
DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall’s two week European vacation has gotten off to a lousy start. NPR is reporting that Weinshall, her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer, and their two daughters were stuck in Heathrow Airport for hours after yesterday’s terrorism arrests. The Commissioner and her family were planning on visiting Amsterdam and Paris but have decided to stay […]

Congestion Pricing on Hold, Traffic Returns to Stockholm

By Aaron Naparstek | | 1 Comment
Transponder on the dashboard of a car zipping through the traffic-free streets of Stockholm on January 3, 2006, the first day of that city’s congestion pricing experiment. (Photo: Papa Razzi1) Stockholm, Sweden’s seven-month congestion pricing experiment is on hold until a voter referendum in September. Alan Atkisson reports: Last year, the politics around the planned "congestion […]

Other Cities’ Mayors on Bicycling

By Aaron Naparstek | | 4 Comments
London Mayor Ken Livingstone:"Cycling is the fastest, cheapest, most healthy and environmentally friendly way to get around London, which is why we are investing almost £20 million this year to improve cycle facilities in the capital. The number of cyclists on our roads has doubled since 2000 and we’ve already exceeded our cycling targets five […]