Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about David Greenfield

Now That Parking Is Played Out, Will the Council Tackle Traffic Violence?

By Brad Aaron | May 2, 2013 | 2 Comments

From what we’ve seen, the scrum at yesterday’s City Council parking presser did a commendable job calling out Christine Quinn, James Vacca, and David Greenfield for their latest ploy to curry favor with motorists. Basically, Quinn and company want muni-meters programmed to turn off when they run out of paper and during free parking hours, […]

Participatory Budgeting Offers Chance to Vote for Livable Streets Projects

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

Eight city council members have put a portion of their discretionary capital funds up for a vote as part of an exercise in participatory budgeting, which allows residents to decide how the money will be spent in their own neighborhoods. Votes in each district are approaching soon, and there’s an opportunity to support livable streets […]

Details on Fatal Midwood Crash Don’t Mesh With NYPD Victim-Blaming

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2013 | 9 Comments

The driver of a Ford van killed a 15-year-old girl in Midwood Tuesday. It was the second crash in which a child has died in city traffic in less than a week, and at least the fourth time a motorist has killed a pedestrian in the course of six days. Sara Kishik was crossing Avenue […]

David Greenfield Monitoring Investigation of Crash That Killed Bystander

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2012 | 7 Comments

City Council Member David Greenfield is keeping an eye on the investigation into a fatal collision in Brooklyn last weekend, which so far points to the culpability of both drivers involved in the crash. Greenfield told Streetsblog that he has been in touch with NYPD and the office of District Attorney Charles Hynes regarding the […]

A Compulsory Helmet Law Won’t Make NYC Cyclists Safer

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 6, 2012 | 52 Comments

The great thing about arguments favoring compulsory bike helmet laws is that they tend to stay on topic instead of degenerating into fruitless bickering over cyclists’ interactions with pedestrians, bike riders’ claim to the streets, and other tired subjects. The bad things about such arguments are many. Here are three: They ignore the possibility that […]

Q Poll: Chris Quinn’s Parking Agenda Out of Touch With New Yorkers

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2012 | 23 Comments

To hear Christine Quinn tell it, New Yorkers are crying out for relief from unjust parking policies. Over the last two years, it seems that when City Council members weren’t flogging legislation to add layers of bureaucracy to DOT’s street safety program, they were tripping over themselves to absolve motorists of one responsibility after another. […]

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