Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

11 Transportation Officials Who Are Changing the Game

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2012 | No Comments

America’s streets are changing for the better. The signs are everywhere: Whether it’s bike sharing in Chattanooga, complete streets in New Orleans or bus rapid transit in Cleveland — cities across the country are trying new things and making impressive progress in the pursuit of safer streets and sustainable transportation. It’s all thanks to a lot […]

Taking Stock of NYC Streets and Transit at Stringer’s Transpo Conference

By Josef Szende | Nov 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Times have changed since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted a conference on transportation reform in 2006. Five years ago, New York City appeared to be on the verge of shaking off the traffic-first approach to street engineering that had dominated city transportation policy for decades. Whispers were in the air about a push to […]

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LaHood: Engineers Should Embrace Next-Gen Bikeway Design Guide

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Oct 14, 2011 | No Comments

If Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has anything to say about it, every transportation planner in the country should have a shiny new engineering guide on his or her bookshelf. It’s been six months since the National Association of City Transportation Officials released the Urban Bikeways Design Guide in an online format. Yesterday, LaHood was among […]

Janette Sadik-Khan: Bridge-Fixing Fanatic

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2011 | 2 Comments

Matt Chaban at the Observer has filed a balanced, thorough and, dare we say, mature profile of Janette Sadik-Khan. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely worth a read. Eschewing the pat cars vs. bikes conceit, and with nary a mention of the commissioner’s sartorial preferences, Chaban examines NYC DOT spending and wonders why […]

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