Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

The Next New York: How the Planning Department Sabotages Sustainability

By Noah Kazis | Feb 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

The Argyle, a new arrival on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue, is close to transit but cedes the ground floor to parking rather than retail or even a stoop. Parking requirements throughout New York compromise walkable development. Image: Brownstoner. This is the second installment in a three-part series on the reshaping of New York City and its […]

Shaping the Next New York: The Promise of Bloomberg’s Rezonings

By Noah Kazis | Feb 18, 2010 | 7 Comments

The Department of City Planning has mostly zoned for growth near transit, as in its plan for downtown Jamaica (left). Where the city has encouraged growth far from transit, however, car-oriented developments have followed, like Schaefer Landing in Williamsburg (right). This is the first installment in a three-part series on the reshaping of New York […]

Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan Commit to a World-Class, 21st Century Broadway

By Ben Fried | Feb 11, 2010 | 30 Comments

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and leaders from the Midtown business community announced this morning that the new public spaces along Broadway will become permanent features of the city’s landscape now that an eight-month trial period has ended. The city will seek to build on the trial project’s success by […]

Great Public Spaces for Midtown

By Ben Fried | Feb 3, 2010 | 9 Comments

The new Times Square versus the old Times Square — worth a few seconds of motorist inconvenience on a few streets. Photos: berk2804 and midweekpost via Flickr Mayor Bloomberg has seen some of the data from the city’s trial of car-free, pedestrian-priority spaces in Midtown, and it looks like the changes in traffic speeds are […]

NYPD Denies Role in Another Pedestrian Death. Kelly, Bloomberg Silent

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

In what has become an all-too-familiar scene, NYPD is denying reports that a police chase led to the death of a pedestrian after an incident of petty theft on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Karen Schmeer. Photo via NYT Karen Schmeer, 39, was an acclaimed film editor known for her work with documentarian Errol Morris. At […]

With Pedestrian Deaths Up, Mayor, DOT, and NYPD Pledge Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

Pledging that "even one traffic fatality is one too many," Mayor Bloomberg joined DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and NYPD transportation chief James Tuller today to release new information on traffic deaths in New York City. In 2009, 256 people died as a result of traffic-related injuries on city streets, a 12 percent drop from 2008 […]

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