Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

25,000 Fewer (Official) Parking Placards for City Employees

By Ben Fried | May 1, 2008 | 26 Comments

It took a little longer than expected, but the City is significantly shrinking the pool of parking placards available to public employees. The total number of placards allocated to certain departments — most notably NYPD — has been reduced from roughly 80,000 to about 55,000, as reported by the Times, News, and Post this morning. […]

Car-Free Parks: Now More Than Ever

By Ken Coughlin | Apr 21, 2008 | 5 Comments

It was on last year’s Earth Day that Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his far-reaching plans to make New York City more sustainable, with congestion pricing as one of the centerpieces. For some reason, making Central and Prospect Parks car-free did not make the list of 127 announced initiatives. With congestion pricing off the table for now […]

Streetfilm: The Mayor and the Model Plant a Tree

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Q: What do the Ninth Avenue Cycle Track, Michael Bloomberg, Clarence the Purple Traffic Calming Wizard and Tyra Banks have in common? A: A new street tree. What else? The Streetfilms crew stumbled upon the media scrum for last week’s Bloomberg-Banks photo op and caught this tree planting in action, just where the Wizard had […]

Randi Weingarten Still Doesn’t Get It

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2008 | 20 Comments

Back in January United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten protested Mayor Bloomberg’s mandate to reduce the number government parking placard handouts. In a letter to the mayor, Weingarten called the move "deeply troubling," and claimed that taking free parking away from teachers — who, unlike tens of thousands of other government employees, "are not […]

Plan B: Reallocating Street Space To Buses, Bikes & Peds

By Jason Varone | Apr 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

In a piece from the March issue of Outside Magazine that seems especially relevant today, Tim Sohn writes about public space reform in New York City. His article is accompanied by an illustration of what the future of our city could look like: complete streets with dedicated bus and bike lanes, traffic calming gardens, and […]

It’s (Apparently) Official: Congestion Pricing Is Dead

By Brad Aaron | Apr 7, 2008 | 43 Comments

Following an evening closed-door meeting in which state leaders discussed congestion pricing one last time today, they emerged announcing no deal had been reached. Here is a statement from Mayor Bloomberg: "Today is a sad day for New Yorkers and a sad day for New York City. Not only won’t we see the realization of […]

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