Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

DOT, MTA Launch 34th Street Select Bus Service Today

By Brad Aaron | Sep 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

SBS lanes are the first phase of the 34th Street Transitway concept DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and MTA CEO Lee Sander are scheduled to officially roll out 34th Street Select Bus Service at a 1 p.m. press conference today. The new Manhattan route will be the city’s second foray into bus rapid transit, following a […]

Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan to Hold 11:00 Madison Square Presser

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commish Janette Sadik-Khan will be officially unveiling public space improvements to Madison Square at 11:00 this morning, on 23rd St. between Broadway and Fifth Ave. If any citizen journalists will be in the area, please send us a pic if you can.

Is NYC’s “Sustainable Streets” Plan a Communist Plot?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 27, 2008 | 12 Comments

This week’s Observer is running a profile of DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. It focuses on the speed with which many of DOT’s Sustainable Streets projects are moving ahead and seems to suggest either: a) Improving conditions for New York City’s pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders is a Communist plot. Or,b) The change that Sadik-Khan is […]

Sadik-Khan to Discuss Transpo Funding at the Democratic Convention

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 25, 2008 | 6 Comments

A dozen transportation policy heavy-hitters are getting together for a round table discussion on transportation infrastructure at the Democratic Convention in Denver this afternoon. The panel is titled, "Funding is the Alpha and Omega of all Transportation Needs — Can Public/Private Partnerships Fill the Funding Gap?" New York City’s Janette Sadik-Khan has a seat at […]

Bloomberg Relieves Council Mems of Reserved Parking as NYPD Rants

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2008 | 13 Comments

Hours after yesterday’s Daily News broke the story of four City Council members having designated street parking near their offices, Mayor Bloomberg quashed the perk. Wrote Liz Benjamin on The Daily Politics: Bloomberg said he talked to DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan after reading about the free spaces in this morning’s DN and told her "we’ve […]

Juan Valdez and Jay-Z Invite New Yorkers to Take to the Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2008 | 6 Comments

The City’s official Summer Streets web site and press release hit our inbox this morning. Jay-Z is joining Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan in inviting New Yorkers to hit seven miles worth of car-free streets in Manhattan this Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bringing it back full circle to Bogotá’s Ciclovia, […]

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