Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

Mayor’s Office Highlights “Clean Heat Campaign” in Major PlaNYC Update

By Ben Fried | Apr 21, 2011 | No Comments

Four years after the release of PlaNYC 2030, the citywide sustainability plan that has framed New York’s recent transportation reforms, Mayor Bloomberg is in Harlem today announcing a major update in the effort to build a “greener, greater NYC.” The law that codified PlaNYC in 2007 scheduled revisions to the plan every four years. The […]

Top Bloomberg Adviser Sets Record Straight on Local Support for Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2011 | 16 Comments

If you’re on the Twitter, you may have noticed that Howard Wolfson, a senior adviser and communications strategist for Mayor Bloomberg with a long resume in Democratic Party politics, has been tweeting up a #bikenyc storm lately. Wolfson’s bike tweets tend to focus on the lengthy record of public support for bike lanes — all […]

Bloomberg on His Transpo Commissioner: “Keep Coming Up With New Ideas”

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 36 Comments

In his weekly radio appearance with John Gambling, Mayor Bloomberg touched on the demise of the 34th Street pedestrian plaza and gave some revealing answers about his trust in Janette Sadik-Khan and her record as transportation commissioner. In short, it seems like the mayor thinks his DOT commish gets a bum rap in the press, […]

Bloomberg Budget Sets Up Round Two of Parking Meter Fight

By Noah Kazis | Feb 18, 2011 | 7 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his budget plan yesterday, including hundreds of measures to close a deficit of billions of dollars [PDF]. While the most controversial element may be Bloomberg’s plan to lay off thousands of teachers, included among the smaller-scale deficit-closing measures is one that is sure to set up a fight over transportation policy. The […]

Bloomberg: It’s Up to Albany to Revive Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Feb 7, 2011 | 2 Comments

If congestion pricing is going to resurface as a viable option to relieve traffic, help plug the enormous gap in the MTA capital program, and keep transit fares from ballooning in the years ahead, it won’t come from the Bloomberg administration. Testifying in Albany on Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal today, Bloomberg said he won’t get […]

Bloomberg Opens Up More Crime Data, So Why Not Traffic Safety Info Too?

By Noah Kazis | Nov 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Bloomberg administration officials have now twice appeared in front of the City Council to oppose legislation requiring that the city post up-to-date information about traffic crashes and summonses online. In April, the NYPD testified that such a reporting requirement would be a burden on the department and that the public couldn’t interpret that kind of […]

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