Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Paul Steely White

No Parking Slope

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 27, 2007 | 28 Comments

The B67 bus veers around a double-parked van blocking a car parked in front of a fire hydrant as a Bugaboo-pushing nanny strolls by Councilmember David Yassky and Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White calling for more sensible parking policy this afternoon in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Every drivers knows that it can be nearly impossible […]

Thursday’s Transpo Conference: A Call for Reform

By Alec | Oct 17, 2006 | 8 Comments

While former Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa and DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall got most of the attention for their keynote speeches at last week’s transportation policy conference, much of the day’s real intellectual ferment took place in the five separate breakout sessions that convened before lunch. The groups were organized as follows: Subways and Commuter Rail […]

Separated at Birth?

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 11, 2006 | 5 Comments

You know that a change in the zeitgeist is afoot when Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s transportation policy conference tomorrow provides fodder for the New York Post’s Page Six: We Hear That… some of the city’s better known alternative transportation advocates – Moby, David Byrne and Matthew Modine – plan to pedal over on their […]

Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | 4 Comments

The death of Derek Lake, killed one month ago at age 23 when his bicycle tripped a metal plate on Houston Street, hints at a tragedy shared by all New Yorkers: City Hall’s continued insistence that the ultimate goal of a New York City street is to move as many cars and trucks each day […]

Cyclists Rally at City Hall

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 29, 2006 | 2 Comments

Call on Mayor Bloomberg to "take control" of city streets. Almost exactly one year ago, New York City cyclists rallied on the steps of City Hall, mourning the deaths of four of their own and demanding that Mayor Bloomberg take action to make the city’s streets safer for bike commuting. This morning, in what is […]