Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about John Liu

Liu’s Office Outlines Benefits of Investigating All Serious NYC Traffic Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

John Liu’s office recently published a brief analysis of the newly-expanded NYPD Collision Investigation Squad. Liu has already proposed increasing the number of NYPD crash investigators, and now Doug Giuliano, senior policy analyst for the comptroller’s office, has put up some more numbers that illustrate how woefully inadequate CIS staffing is. With 19 investigators, in 2011 […]

At Forum, Mayoral Candidates Back Bus Lanes, Shy Away From Funding

By Stephen Miller | Jun 19, 2013 | 50 Comments

At a mayoral forum on transportation this morning, the first since a February event hosted by Transport Workers Union Local 100, eight candidates offered ideas on how they would improve the city’s road and transit network. For the most part, the candidates were eager to support buses, quick to get agitated about bike lanes, and short […]

Don’t Like John Liu’s No-Toll Proposal? He’s Asking for Budget Suggestions

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2013 | 13 Comments

Last month, mayoral candidate and Comptroller John Liu released a series of proposals to show what his office believes should be included in the city’s final Fiscal Year 2014 budget. It included some bad ideas, such as exempting city residents from East River bridge tolls, and a few good ones, like dramatically increasing the size […]

Liu: Increase NYPD Crash Investigation Staff Six-Fold

By Stephen Miller | Apr 19, 2013 | 7 Comments

Buried in Comptroller John Liu’s “People’s Budget” proposal released last week (way below the part about bridge tolls that New Yorkers don’t have to pay) is an interesting proposal about NYPD’s crash investigation staffing. With additional revenue, largely from income taxes and the bridge tolls for non-residents, Liu proposes increasing the staff level of the NYPD’s Collision Investigation […]

John Liu: Cyclists Need Helmets, But Not Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2013 | 37 Comments

What does John Liu think of bikes in NYC? That’s hard to say, and it’s not clear that Liu knows either. On the day when thousands signed up for the city’s bike-share program, exceeding expectations and setting the stage for a major shift in the way many New Yorkers get around, Liu chose to engage […]

John Liu Releases a Bridge Toll Plan That Panders to Motorists

By Ben Fried | Apr 10, 2013 | 14 Comments

So John Liu has managed to take an excellent idea — tolling the East River bridges — and turn it into a policy disaster. The key component of Liu’s plan, which he says would raise $410 million annually, isn’t the tolls — it’s the exemption for city residents. Here’s what Liu said at an Association […]

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