Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Vacca Looks to Squeeze $ From Bikes, But Won’t Touch the Price of Parking

By Stephen Miller | | 20 Comments
The headline from today’s City Council transportation committee oversight hearing was Janette Sadik-Khan’s announcement that the official launch date for Citi Bike is Memorial Day. Meanwhile, for Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca, it was another occasion to flail at bikes and defend cheap parking under the guise of holding a budget hearing. Sadik-Khan kicked off the hearing […]

Sadik-Khan, Wolfson Invite New Yorkers to Sign Up for Bike-Share

By Stephen Miller | | 40 Comments
In 2009, the Department of City Planning released an ambitious blueprint for bike-share in New York, and in 2011, the Department of Transportation began an extensive public process to site actual bike-share stations. Now the planning is giving way to implementation, with North America’s largest year-round bike-share system set to launch in May. Today, Transportation Commissioner Janette […]

NACTO Wrap-Up: Cities Are Doing It For Themselves

By Dani Simons | | 6 Comments
The leaders of the nation’s big city transportation agencies have formed a tight-knit circle, brought together by the National Association of City Transportation Officials to share best practices, and yes, battle scars. As NACTO’s first ever national conference drew to a close today, transportation chiefs from Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and New York all […]

NACTO Previews a Progressive Design Guide for City Streets

By Ben Fried | | 9 Comments
One of the interesting developments to come out of the National Association of City Transportation Officials “Designing Cities” conference (currently in its second day) was the announcement of a wide-ranging new design guide to be released next year. NACTO’s “Urban Streets Design Guide” will show how streets of every size can be re-oriented to prioritize […]
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