Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Marty Markowitz

Calling the PPW Redesign a “Trial”? That Was Brooklyn Borough Hall’s Idea

By Ben Fried | Jul 14, 2011 | 24 Comments

Here we are again, a few days away from a court hearing that could finally put the Prospect Park West lawsuit to bed. At issue in Brooklyn Supreme Court next Wednesday will be the seemingly tangential matter of whether the redesign of Prospect Park West was designated a “trial” or “pilot” project by NYC DOT. […]

Ten Things NBBL Doesn’t Want You to Know

By Ben Fried | Apr 26, 2011 | 26 Comments

If opponents of an effective street safety project repeat dishonest distortions about it often enough, does that make their position true? Apparently, the Daily News editorial board thinks so. An opinion piece they published over the weekend on the Prospect Park West bike lane might as well have come straight from the desk of Gibson […]

Read All About It: Victims’ Loved Ones Fed Up With Markowitz

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

For some reason this piece by Jake Pearson in today’s Daily News didn’t make it into the online edition, but here’s a look at what they printed on page 33… For those who don’t want to squint, Pearson’s lead paragraphs go like so: The families of Brooklyn residents killed or injured by cars while biking […]

This Is How Marty Markowitz Shows the World He’s Not Anti-Bicycling

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2011 | 33 Comments

Via Gothamist, here’s the video of Marty Markowitz making his entrance to the State of the Borough address last night. The Borough President, who parks his SUV on the pedestrian plaza of Borough Hall and uses lights and sirens on local streets when he’s late for press events, is perfectly comfortable riding a trike on […]

Markowitz Speaks Against Safer Streets in State of the Borough

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2011 | 37 Comments

Earlier this week, friends and family members of traffic violence victims wrote to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, asking him to stop standing in the way of street improvements to make walking and biking safer. They had lost loved ones and seen lives disrupted by crashes that could have been prevented by better street design. […]

Victims’ Families Ask Marty Markowitz to Get Serious About Street Safety

By Ben Fried | Feb 2, 2011 | 28 Comments

In the past year, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has made several outspoken appearances against proven, life-saving traffic-calming projects. On the local news and in front of the City Council, he’s called for the removal of pedestrian safety measures and speciously claimed that the popular Prospect Park West bike lane was imposed against public will. […]

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