Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ryan Russo

One Community That’s Ready to Work With DOT on Bikes

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 11, 2006 | 2 Comments

It is unusual for the New York Times to print a letter to the editor in response to another reader’s letter, but yesterday the Times did just that. And so continues the super-slow motion debate on the Department of Transportation’s bicycling policies. We’re looking forward to next week’s installment… To the Editor: In a Sept. […]

Is DOT Doing Enough to Make NYC Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 5, 2006 | 24 Comments

The question was debated, albeit briefly and in slow motion, by two New York City Department of Transportation employees in the pages of the New York Times last week. Last week, in a Sunday City section op/ed piece, Andrew Vesselinovitch argued that DOT is not doing enough for New York City cyclists. Vesselinovitch is the […]

DOT Revs Up its “Alternative Modes” Department

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 28, 2006 | 5 Comments

A rendering of the Sands Street bike path on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge Here is yet another sign that change is afoot at New York City’s Department of Transportation: Insiders are reporting that Ryan Russo has been promoted from the Brooklyn Borough Commissioner’s office to take over as the new Director of Alternative Modes. […]