The Coming Carmageddon: Will Our Leaders Solve NYC’s Transportation Problem?
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When this is all over, will we be a city for cars or a city for people?
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kate Slevin
Analysis: Is it Time to Panic Over the City and State’s Congestion Pricing Preparedness? (Yes!)
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Is New York City prepared to make congestion pricing work? Or are we totally boned? We're totally boned. Here's why.
Report Shows Why the Congestion Pricing Fee Must Be Really High
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The study does not make specific pricing recommendations, but the highest tolls would provide greater benefits than lower fees.
With No Separated Busway on 34th Street, What’s Next for BRT in NYC?
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The walkback of the city’s plans for 34th Street from a physically separated transitway to a package of painted lanes and bus bulbs was unquestionably a defeat for bus riders on the extremely congested street. While features like off-board fare payment, scheduled to go into effect this summer, will provide a speed boost to buses, […]
Feds Green Light Funding for Better Nostrand Avenue Bus Service
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A potential configuration for the Nostrand Avenue SBS Route. Image: NYCDOT. As Elana reported earlier today, the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget includes $28 million for the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service project. The announcement should help build momentum for a high-priority transit project set to launch in 2012. Nostrand Avenue SBS would ply the B44 […]
Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform
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Yesterday, several planning and environmental organizations joined Transportation Alternatives on the steps of City Hall to tout the release of "Suburbanizing the City" [PDF], the new report that critiques New York City’s off-street parking policies. The coalition is similar — but not identical — to the array of groups that pushed for congestion pricing earlier […]