Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andy Wiley-Schwartz

Shifting Gears at DOT

By Jason Varone | Jun 21, 2007 | 3 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan bicylcing to work during her first week on the job Crain’s New York reports that the earth is shaking below Dept. of Transportation headquarters at 40 Worth Street: Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s new transportation commissioner, politely says she’s building on the foundation left by her predecessors. In fact, she is […]

Andy Wiley-Schwartz Starts at DOT on Monday

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 15, 2007 | 7 Comments

Department of Transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan continues to assemble an impressive management team. Following in the footsteps of Bruce Schaller and Jon Orcutt, Project for Public Spaces vice president and transportation program director Andy Wiley-Schwartz is heading over to 40 Worth Street where he will be reporting to Deputy Commissioner Schaller at DOT’s new Office […]

Battery Park City: An Opportunity for Innovative Street Design

By Aaron Naparstek | May 18, 2007 | 6 Comments

A "woonerf" or "shared space" street design in the Dutch town of Haren. Yesterday a Streetsblog reader reported that the Department of Transportation is removing stop signs and installing traffic signals at some intersections in Battery Park City as a way "to provide for the safest streets possible citywide." The reader noted, "The area is […]

DOT Explains New Traffic Solution. But What’s the Problem?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 1, 2007 | 19 Comments

The Department of Transportation’s press office sends along this response to the story we broke yesterday about the agency’s plan to revamp Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Avenues running through Park Slope, Brooklyn: DOT has proposed changing 6th and 7th Avenues to one-way streets which we believe will have many benefits including simplifying the turning movements […]

Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | 4 Comments

The death of Derek Lake, killed one month ago at age 23 when his bicycle tripped a metal plate on Houston Street, hints at a tragedy shared by all New Yorkers: City Hall’s continued insistence that the ultimate goal of a New York City street is to move as many cars and trucks each day […]