Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Five Eclectic Questions for Streetfighter Janette Sadik-Khan

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 21, 2016 | No Comments

Right before former New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan set off on a multi-city book tour for Streetfight (along with co-author Seth Solomonow), I was able to get a few minutes to ask her five eclectic questions in Washington Square Park. Want to know the story behind the appearance of hundreds of cheap lawn chairs on opening day in car-free Times […]

Can You Believe a Few People Are Still Suing to Rip Out This Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2016 | 16 Comments

It was just about five years ago that attorneys with the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, working pro bono on behalf of some people with ties to Senator Chuck Schumer, filed suit against the city for installing the Prospect Park West bike lane. In August 2011, Kings County Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan dismissed […]

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The Key Human Factors That Can Lead Any City to Transform Its Streets

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 4, 2015 | No Comments

How did Portland get to be a national model for sustainable transportation and walkable development? Yes, Mayor Neil Goldschmidt stopped the Mount Hood Freeway from being built in 1974 and began negotiations that eventually led to the implementation of the urban growth boundary. But Goldschmidt didn’t do it alone. Grassroots activists from a group called […]

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The Metamorphosis of NYC Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 2, 2014 | No Comments

There’s nothing more dramatic than looking back five or ten years at Streetfilms footage to see how much the streets of New York City have changed. In this wonderful montage, check out the incredible changes at Times Square, Herald Square, the Brooklyn waterfront, and many other places that outgoing NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and […]

The 2013 NYC Streetsies, Part 3

By Ben Fried | Jan 1, 2014 | 13 Comments

Happy New Year, and welcome to the third and final installment of the 2013 NYC Streetsies, also known as the Streetsblog Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Lifetime Achievement We take it for granted these days that NYC DOT is primed to make change happen — that every year, the department will roll out a fresh new […]

DOT Capstone Report Looks Back, Offers Advice to Next Administration

By Stephen Miller | Nov 22, 2013 | 5 Comments

Yesterday, DOT released “Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond,” a 212-page report and accompanying website outlining the department’s achievements over the past six years and providing guidance for the next administration. Last night, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan was joined by a panel of council members and New York Magazine architecture critic Justin Davidson for a discussion of the […]

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