Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Tonight’s Ride and Forum Are About Livable Streets for All

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 28, 2012 | 5 Comments

New York City bicyclists will celebrate bike activism’s past, present and future this evening in a ride from Greenwich Village to Central Park South and back to the Village, culminating in a community forum at Cooper Union. These linked happenings come the day after the New York Times managed to twist its big story on […]

In Wake of Traffic Fatality Spike, Officials Tout Safer Delancey Street

By Stephen Miller | Sep 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

This morning, elected officials and community leaders unveiled a slate of pedestrian safety improvements to Delancey Street, long ranked as one of the city’s most dangerous places to walk. Nine people were killed and 742 injured between 2006 and 2010 on Delancey, from the Williamsburg Bridge to the Bowery. In the last six years, there […]

LaHood, Sadik-Khan Show Off LOOK! Safety Education Campaign

By Stephen Miller | Sep 19, 2012 | 25 Comments

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan at the corner of 42nd Street and Second Avenue this morning for the official launch of the city’s new LOOK! campaign, aimed at distracted drivers and pedestrians. Although NYC traffic fatalities are down 40 percent over the past decade, last year, 57 percent of fatalities […]

NYC Will Expand 20 MPH Zones to 13 Neighborhoods, With More to Come

By Ben Fried | Jul 10, 2012 | 22 Comments

Following the launch of the city’s first 20 mph zone in the Claremont section of the Bronx last year, NYC DOT has selected 13 more areas to receive the “slow zone” treatment (see the full list), Mayor Michael Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced this afternoon. DOT was inundated with applications for slow zones […]

Bloomberg and Sadik-Khan Announce New 20 MPH Slow Zones

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2012 | 15 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced an expansion of the city’s Slow Zone program, which lowers speed limits in selected areas from 30 to 20 mph and implements low-cost traffic-calming measures like speed humps. Bloomberg and Sadik-Khan were joined in Corona by NYPD Chief of Transportation Bureau James Tuller, City Council […]

Brooklyn Greenway Milestone: City Announces Full Implementation Plan

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2012 | 9 Comments

The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway started out as a glimmer in the eyes of a few dedicated volunteers 14 years ago. Now it’s a comprehensive city plan to build out a ribbon of parkland from Greenpoint to Sunset Park. At the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s annual benefit yesterday, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced the release of an […]

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