Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

Quinn Says MTA Troubles Show Why We Need Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2008 | 3 Comments

Care of the Observer Politicker comes this video from earlier today. Speaking at City Hall, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn turns around a question from a reporter on whether the MTA can be trusted with congestion pricing revenues, given that promised upgrades tied to the recent fare increase will be delayed. Quinn calls the MTA’s […]

DOT: Relax Brooklyn, Parking Permits Not Just for Downtown

By Ben Fried | Feb 5, 2008 | 19 Comments

Borough Prez Candidate De Blasio Qualifies His Opposition to Congestion Pricing A crowd of nearly 200 filed into the auditorium at St. Francis College in downtown Brooklyn last night, ready to pop a few questions to DOT about residential parking programs. But first, three of Brooklyn’s City Council members gave some of their first public […]

Monday Night: Have Your Say on Parking Policy in Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Feb 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Hot on the heels of this week’s neighborhood parking workshops, DOT and several members of Brooklyn’s City Council delegation are hosting a forum about residential parking permits. An RPP program with teeth could go a long way towards curbing traffic in residential neighborhoods, and this event is a big opportunity for livable streets advocates to […]

Profiles in Discouragement: Pols Defend Traffic Status Quo

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2007 | 18 Comments

Council member Lew Fidler delivers his Tax & Tunnel plan to the Commission. Spencer Wilking reports: The city’s traveling road show of community advocates, local politicians and concerned residents, otherwise known as New York City’s Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, stopped in Brooklyn Thursday night as part of its whirlwind seven county tour. At the hearing […]

Express F Rally Today, with Council Members

By Brad Aaron | Jun 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

From the Streetsblog tipline: Council Members Bill de Blasio (D-Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Kensington), Simcha Felder (D-Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park), and Domenic Recchia (D-Coney Island, Gravesend, Bensonhurst) will stand with community activists and representatives of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Transportation Alternatives on Thursday, June 28, 2007, to rally in support of the restoration […]

Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability

By Jason Varone | Jun 27, 2007 | 3 Comments

A new NRDC report ranks U.S. states on their level of oil vulnerability measured by how heavily each state’s citizens are affected by increases in oil prices. States are also ranked on their implementation of solutions to reduce oil dependence. The report found that while oil dependence affects all states, some are hit harder economically […]

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