Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Iris Weinshall

In Anti-Bike Lane Case, Gibson Dunn Strays From Pro Bono Standards

By Noah Kazis | Feb 24, 2011 | 36 Comments

Jim Walden is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the kind of white shoe firm where lawyers represent major corporations at rates of nearly a thousand dollars per hour. His name has been popping up on Streetsblog recently because he represents a politically-connected group attempting to undo the redesign of Prospect Park West. According […]

Conflict-Hungry Press Ignoring New Yorkers With Street Safety Expertise

By Ben Fried | Jan 27, 2011 | 62 Comments

The latest bike story ricocheting around the local media is Mayor Bloomberg’s reaction to a crowd in the Rockaways that reportedly booed the mention of bike lanes. David Seifman at the Post ran with it yesterday. Adam Lisberg at the Daily News picked up on it today. And NY1 managed to work it into a […]

DOT’s PPW Data Greeted With Cheers, Paranoia at CB 6 Meeting

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2011 | 21 Comments

The loudest applause at last night’s Brooklyn CB 6 meeting on the Prospect Park West bike lane went to DOT Assistant Commissioner Ryan Russo, after he wrapped up his presentation documenting the redesign’s effect on safety, bicycling rates, and traffic. The brief summary: injuries are down, cycling is up, and speeding has been tamed while […]

Tonight: Support the New PPW and Stand Up for Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 20, 2011 | 15 Comments

At tonight’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 meeting, NYC DOT will present its final report on the re-designed Prospect Park West. The Brooklyn Paper has the latest safety stats from the city, and they show what one would expect from a project that has substantially reduced speeding: crashes and injuries are down across the board. From […]

Councilman Koppell Wants “Sadik-Kahn” Fired Over Turn Signal

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2008 | 4 Comments

More termed-out wackiness from City Hall. Last week, Bronx City Council Member G. Oliver Koppell issued a press release calling for the "resignation or removal" of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. The reason? Koppell wants a left turn signal at 254th Street and Riverdale Avenue, and DOT doesn’t think the intersection needs one. Koppell says there […]

What if DOT Simply Forgot to Open the Parks to Traffic?

By Ken Coughlin | Jan 11, 2008 | 19 Comments

This holiday season, users of Central and Prospect Parks got an unexpected and welcome gift after years of finding coal (and exhaust) in their stockings. Interestingly, the sources of that exhaust didn’t seem to complain (or perhaps even notice) that things had changed. For years, cars have been barred from most of the Parks’ Loop […]

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