Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

The New York Times JSK Profile: Politicos vs. Progressive Transportation

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 61 Comments

Has the Times ever published a profile so singularly devoted to one city commissioner’s relationships with other public figures as this Michael Grynbaum story? It’s not so much a profile of transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan as a 2,500-word description of her place in New York’s political firmament. The question that drives the piece forward is […]

Bloomberg on His Transpo Commissioner: “Keep Coming Up With New Ideas”

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 36 Comments

In his weekly radio appearance with John Gambling, Mayor Bloomberg touched on the demise of the 34th Street pedestrian plaza and gave some revealing answers about his trust in Janette Sadik-Khan and her record as transportation commissioner. In short, it seems like the mayor thinks his DOT commish gets a bum rap in the press, […]

Gut Check: New Yorkers Need to Speak Up For Bike Policy

By Ben Fried | Jan 19, 2011 | 22 Comments

Yesterday the Post came out with another attack on the ongoing evolution of New York into a city where transit works better, streets are safer, and people have better options for getting around. Using a Post-manufactured squabble over the city’s Christmas blizzard response as their set-up, the editorialists launched into a screed against Transportation Commissioner […]

Quick Hits From Today’s City Council Hearing on Bike Policy

By Ben Fried | Dec 9, 2010 | 50 Comments

The line to testify at today’s Transportation Committee hearing on New York City bike policy was snaking outside into the biting cold well before the 10:00 a.m. start time. More than 70 people signed up to speak, filling up two hearing rooms at 250 Broadway. The first few hours of the hearing, however, belonged to […]

NYC Agencies Take Home EPA’s Top Honors For Smart Growth

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2010 | 1 Comment

NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden were down in D.C. yesterday to accept the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual “Overall Excellence in Smart Growth” award. The EPA highlighted four PlaNYC-related initiatives for recognition: NYC DOT’s Street Design Manual, the city’s Active Design Guidelines, City Planning’s Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) […]

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Select Bus Service Debuts on Manhattan’s East Side

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 14, 2010 | No Comments

This weekend, Select Bus Service debuted on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, bringing a package of improvements to speed trips on one of New York’s most-used bus routes. Buses on the M15 route were traveling at a snail-like clip of less than 6 mph before the introduction of SBS. Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette […]

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