Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Iris Weinshall

WNYC’s Brian Lehrer: Tune in Right Now!

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 7 Comments

Trouble on Two Wheels Noah Budnick, programs director of transportation alternatives — on alternative means of transport in New York and Iris Weinshall, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner — on the city’s effort to make biking in New York safe Tune in right now

Traffic Continues to Disappear in Paris

By Ethan Kent | Aug 11, 2006 | 4 Comments

In 2001, shortly after being elected the Mayor of Paris on a platform promising to "fight, with all the means at my disposal, against the harmful, ever-increasing and unacceptable hegemony of the automobile," Bertrand Delanoë began implementing a series of far-reaching transportation reforms throughout the City of Light. With New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner […]

European Vacation

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2006 | 3 Comments

DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall’s two week European vacation has gotten off to a lousy start. NPR is reporting that Weinshall, her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer, and their two daughters were stuck in Heathrow Airport for hours after yesterday’s terrorism arrests. The Commissioner and her family were planning on visiting Amsterdam and Paris but have decided to stay […]

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 […]

Bike-Crash Study Fuels Discord Among Agencies

By Aaron Donovan | Jul 14, 2006 | 7 Comments

From Crain’s Insider: An unreleased study of bicycling fatalities has led to friction among the three city agencies compiling it. The police, transportation and health departments analyzed the deaths of 200 cyclists over 10 years and found that only one of them was in a bike lane. An insider says DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall didn’t […]

Finally: Long-Term Transportation Planning Underway at DOT

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 7, 2006 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog is picking up many under-the-radar signals that the Bloomberg Administration may finally be asking its transportation agency to do more than fill pot holes and that Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff is leading a serious push to develop a comprehensive transportation and land use strategy for New York City. The first signal came at the beginning of Mayor […]

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