Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Matthew Roth

Parking: If You Build it They Will Come… in Their Cars.

By Josh Brustein | Mar 12, 2007 | 10 Comments

This is the second in a three-part series on New York City parking policy.Part 1: The New York City Parking Boom In recent years, urban planners have come to accept a somewhat counter-intuitive theory called "induced demand." The theory posits that when you build a new road or widen an existing one to try to […]

Streetfilms: Yesterday’s Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall

By Alec | Nov 15, 2006 | 1 Comment

Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief Press Conference A few quick scenes from yesterday’s event Running time: 2:02 "As this city is booming, it’s not moving," lamented City Councilmember Gale Brewer outside City Hall yesterday. But with support from 125 civic groups in five boroughs, the Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief assembled behind her and outlined […]