Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

More Mixed Signals on Pricing’s Chances Under Paterson

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

"Today is Monday. There is work to be done." So said David Paterson, who was sworn in as New York’s 55th governor just after 1:00 this afternoon. Two Mondays from now, the City Council and state Legislature will need to have adopted a congestion pricing plan if the city is to receive $354 million […]

Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 53 Comments

Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky. Here are some more details about the residential parking permit program proposed today by Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: A residential parking permit (RPP) plan will be included in the congestion pricing legislation that will be introduced in the City Council and State […]

Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Residential Parking Program

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler (in back), Mayor Bloomberg, Boerum Hill Association President Sue Wolfe and Council Member David Yassky. Thanks to another 11:30am press conference in Midtown, I figured Streetsblog might be the only press to cover Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement of a new, citywide residential parking permit program. But, no. There […]

Congestion Pricing Endgame Begins

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2008 | 11 Comments

With less than four weeks remaining for the city to meet the $354 million federal deadline, lawmakers are positioning themselves on one side of the other of the congestion pricing debate, as state and city prime movers quietly ready for "negotiations." According to the Sun, Governor Eliot Spitzer’s office is drafting a congestion pricing bill, […]

Weiner Says Pricing Shows “Stunning Political Naivete”

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2008 | 10 Comments

The Daily Politics reports that Congressman Anthony Weiner is ramping up for an imminent mayoral bid by crediting Michael Bloomberg with "put[ting] the last nail in the coffin to the notion that New York City is ungovernable." But at the same time, during an appearance at Kingsborough Community College today, Weiner tried to score points […]

A “Vision Zero” for New York?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2008 | 3 Comments

On Tuesday the Bloomberg administration announced record low traffic deaths from 2000 to 2007, and claimed, if not in so many words, that city streets are safer than ever. But the numbers, included on a chart that accompanied this media release, also indicated that 23 cyclists died in 2007. That would make last year — […]

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