Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

Want a Clean Bill of Health for the MTA? Call Obama.

By John Kaehny | May 8, 2009 | 11 Comments

Photo: AP/Post-Standard Former MTA CEO Lee Sander spent the last two-and-a-half years doing his best to make the MTA a transparent, accountable public agency, and in doing so restore its reputation. He let the sunshine in, but was unable to undo the damage to the agency’s image caused by years of attacks from transit advocates, […]

Bloomberg: MTA Plan Must Include Funding for Capital Projects

By Ben Fried | May 4, 2009 | 8 Comments

The mayor’s office just released a statement insisting that the MTA financing plan address the transit system’s long-term needs: As discussions for a permanent funding plan for the MTA continue, stop-gap measures that kick the big problems down the road must be rejected. For any plan to truly meet the needs of the metropolitan region’s […]

Pro-Parking Policies Will Sully the Legacy of PlaNYC

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Photo: Getty via Daily Intel Former Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, widely credited as the architect of PlaNYC, spoke at the Museum of the City of New York last week on the potential impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s signature program. According to City Room, Doctoroff considers the two-year-old environmental blueprint on par with such grand projects as […]

Bloomberg: Buildings Can Be Green and Full of Parking

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2009 | 26 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg at today’s Gateway Center grand opening. Photo: WNYC. Kudos to Mayor Mike for calling out the Senate Dems’ poor excuse for an MTA plan. If only Bloomberg could see his own policies with such clear eyes. Yesterday the mayor unveiled a package of legislation designed to cut carbon emissions produced by buildings, to […]

Bloomberg Slams Senate MTA Plan, Says Tolls Must Be Part of the Mix

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Just days after saying he would keep his MTA rescue advocacy efforts behind the scenes, Mayor Bloomberg today criticized the Senate’s latest toll-free plan. The Daily Politics has quotes from a morning Q&A session: "I spoke to Dick Ravitch again this morning – just a few minutes ago – he does not believe that the […]

Bloomberg Says Bikes Don’t Belong on the Subway

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2009 | 71 Comments

Photo: AP via New York Times How green is our mayor? Fielding a question on his weekly radio show about using the city’s underground tunnels to move freight, Michael Bloomberg this morning went off on cyclists who bring their bikes on board the subway. City Room has the quote: There are messengers who do it. […]

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