Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Dan Garodnick

The Dangers and Indignities of Riding the East River Greenway

By Ben Fried | Sep 28, 2010 | 5 Comments

Above 34th Street, the East Side of Manhattan is unforgiving for cyclists, without any real provision to ride safely and quickly. The one dedicated path for bicycling, the East River Greenway, is barely usable for practical trips — the gap between 38th Street and 63rd Street being the most prominent of several flaws. On a […]

Upper East Side Workshop Kicks Off New Street Safety Campaign

By Noah Kazis | Mar 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

"You can’t control what you can’t measure," the saying goes. So to get a better grip on street safety on Manhattan’s East Side, Transportation Alternatives started by collecting better data about local traffic collisions and injuries. Last night, a group of Upper East Siders used that information to begin imagining what a safer neighborhood might […]

Who Will Be NYC’s Next Transpo Committee Chair?

By Ben Fried | Jan 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

Now that Michael Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio, John Liu, and the City Council have been sworn in, attention turns to speaker Christine Quinn’s choices to head legislative committees. For New Yorkers who care about street safety and sustainable transportation, the big question is who will run the City Council transportation committee. James Vacca, left, and […]

More Than Just Same-Old at Upper East Side Bicycle Forum

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 2, 2009 | 11 Comments

From the first (and only) town-hall meeting of the Manhattan Borough President’s Planning for Pedestrians Council in 1987, to Manhattan Community Board 8’s “Bicycle Forum” this week, I’ve sat through innumerable gatherings on cyclist-pedestrian conflicts. Cycling and pedestrian advocates, with Charles Komanoff at left, gather on the UES in 2007. Photo: Jonathan Barkey Each session […]

Council Members Want “Blatantly Unfair” Toll Credit Corrected

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2008 | 56 Comments

The Post had a short item today, which we’ve linked to a couple of times, reporting that members of the City Council have sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg asking for changes in the congestion pricing proposal that would raise fees for New Jersey car commuters or have the Port Authority commit more funds to […]

God Said, “Let There Be Parking Placards.” And It Was So.

By Ben Fried | Feb 27, 2008 | 17 Comments

Only three days remain until 20 percent of government parking placards must be surrendered, but as Gridlock Sam wrote here last month, that should be just the beginning of placard reform. Case in point: Uncivil Servants featured a story last week of an Upper East Side synagogue that manufactures its own bogus placards while the […]

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