Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

Victim’s Family to NYPD: Tell Us What Happened to Our Son

By Brad Aaron | Oct 26, 2011 | 21 Comments

The family of Mathieu Lefevre, the 30-year-old artist killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in East Williamsburg last week, was joined by dozens of supporters outside 1 Police Plaza today to demand that NYPD rein in deadly driving and end its policy of silence when it comes to fatal traffic crashes. Paul […]

Rumor Mill: City Collecting Data for Car-Free Central Park?

By Brad Aaron | Jul 20, 2011 | 2 Comments

Central Park advocate Ken Coughlin tells us he’s spotted a traffic counting strip on the park loop, near Tavern on the Green. The theory is that the city is gathering traffic data this summer as a baseline for a car-free park trial next year. That would jibe with recent remarks from Mayor Bloomberg and references […]

Community Boards Line Up for Car-Free Central Park. Whither Bloomberg?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2011 | 9 Comments

By unanimous voice vote, the full board of Manhattan CB 11 has passed a resolution endorsing a summer trial for a car-free Central Park. Says park advocate Ken Coughlin, “We have the agreement of all the boards surrounding the park and are now waiting for a response from DOT on whether they will move ahead […]

Bloomberg in São Paulo: A Glimpse of the Green Mayor

By Noah Kazis | Jun 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

When it comes to sustainable transportation, Michael Bloomberg is saving his strongest words for an international audience. While the mayor’s rhetoric on transportation now tends to focus on safety, when transportation is on his agenda at all, at a meeting of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group in São Paulo Bloomberg brought back some of […]

NYC Marks “Decade of Road Safety” With Launch of City’s First Slow Zone

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2011 | 27 Comments

New York City is plagued by speeding drivers. According to Transportation Alternatives, 39 percent of motorists drive in excess of the city’s 30 mph speed limit, regardless of the presence of pedestrians or even school children. Its ubiquity notwithstanding, speeding is far from a victimless crime. Speeding-related crashes killed 71 people in the city in […]

NYC’s First 20 MPH “Slow Zone” Coming to Claremont Section of the Bronx

By Noah Kazis | May 12, 2011 | 21 Comments

The speed limit will be reduced from 30 miles per hour to 20 miles per hour in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced today, fulfilling a promise laid out last year in the city’s pedestrian safety action plan to pilot a 20 mph zone in one New […]

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