Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Waterfront

Tonight: Help DOT Build a River-to-River Bike Connection

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

DOT wants 20th and 21st Streets to be Lower Manhattan’s prime river-to-river bike route. If you are interested in contributing to the development and improvement of New York City’s bicycle network, show up at this meeting tonight: The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 will hear a presentation by Josh Benson, the Department of […]

Bloomberg on Bicycling

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2007 | 24 Comments

Unlike the Mayors of Chicago, London, Paris and a growing number of other world cities, it is exceedingly rare to hear New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg say anything at all in public about bicycling. So, we thought that this was an interesting big of reporting in The Villager last week: After the opening ceremony […]

Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 20, 2006 | 9 Comments

Photo: Metrolens Will of On NY Turf is urging people who care about bike safety on the Hudson River Greenway to attend tonight’s meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4’s Transportation Committee. Less than a month after a drunk driver leaving a party at Chelsea Piers drove onto the Hudson River Greenway and killed cyclist Eric […]

Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda

By Sarah Goodyear | Dec 12, 2006 | 37 Comments

Only a couple of hundred yards from the rusting remains of the 1964 World’s Fair, Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out his own vision for the future of New York City this morning. In a speech entitled "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge," the mayor introduced a broad plan for creating a sustainable city "making […]

Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 10, 2006 | 10 Comments

Eric Ng MemorialStreetfilms by Clarence EckersonRunning time: 3 minutes 17 seconds Eric Ng, a 22-year-old teacher and activist, was killed on December 1 by a drunk driver as he rode his bicycle on the Hudson River Greenway. Yesterday, Time’s Up! and Visual Resistance organized a series of events to pay tribute to Eric’s memory. Clarence […]

Seoul’s New Heart

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 8, 2006 | 10 Comments

Below are some excerpts from a fascinating story by John Vidal in last month’s Guardian that I haven’t seen covered in any American media. As the debate over traffic relief heats up in New York City, take a look at how the demolition of an elevated highway motorway the center of South Korea’s capital and the […]

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