Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Amanda Burden

City Planning Unveils Bike-Friendly Zoning Regs

By Ben Fried | Nov 10, 2008 | 6 Comments

The Department of City Planning revealed a zoning amendment today that would require new buildings to include space for secure bike parking. The lack of indoor parking is one of the biggest obstacles for would-be bike commuters, and the proposed zoning joins other initiatives to improve parking in existing office buildings. DCP’s amendment includes requirements […]

Meet Your Industrial Development Agency

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2007 | 5 Comments

Last week, the board of the New York City Industrial Agency postponed a vote on whether to subsidize the construction of parking facilities at the new Yankee Stadium through the issuance of $225 million in triple tax exempt bonds. Streetsblog has no word yet on when the vote will occur, so in the meantime here […]

The Bronx Is Burning Over Subsidized Stadium Parking

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2007 | 16 Comments

The people of the South Bronx will organize against the subsidized construction of parking garages for the new Yankee Stadium, one resident said yesterday. At a sparsely attended public hearing in Lower Manhattan, Margaret Collins of Save Our Parks told the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) that a "barely contained rage" is simmering over the traffic the new […]

Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 20, 2007 | 20 Comments

Streetsblog interviewed DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan at 40 Worth St., Monday, June 18. Photo: Brad Aaron Janette Sadik-Khan: Four days. Streetsblog: Left in the legislative session? JSK: Yeah, well, maybe four days left, maybe more days. August in Albany. What can be better? SB: (Laughing) So, let’s start with something other than congestion pricing. How […]

DOT: Bergtraum to CUNY, Primeggia to Copenhagen

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 12, 2007 | 5 Comments

Department of Transportation First Deputy Commissioner Judith Bergtraum, a top aide to former commissioner Iris Weinshall, is leaving DOT for a job at the City University of New York where Weinshall is now a vice chancellor. As first reported by the Daily News’ Elizabeth Benjamin, DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan just returned from a quick trip […]

Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 11, 2006 | 5 Comments

Planetizen publishes a Q&A with New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden. She says some great things and below are excerpts. After reading this interview, the question I come away with is, simply: Where in the world has Amanda Burden been during the discussion of the "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn? How could it be that […]