Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Election 2013

In Harlem Council Race, Two Very Different Positions on 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 31, 2013 | 26 Comments

Last night at a candidate debate hosted by block associations in Harlem, incumbent Council Member Inez Dickens, first elected to the District 9 seat in 2005, faced off against challenger Vince Morgan, a community development banker and former chair of the 125th Street Business Improvement District. While transportation didn’t come up much in the debate itself, some important […]

Three People Killed in Traffic This Weekend. What Will NYC’s Next Mayor Do?

By Ben Fried | Jul 29, 2013 | 5 Comments

In the span of little more than 24 hours, drivers killed three pedestrians in New York City this weekend. At 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, Latrisha Been, 31, was struck and killed by a northbound truck driver on a Van Wyck Expressway service road in Jamaica. The driver fled the scene and was charged with manslaughter […]

Quinn Proposes Triboro BRT Line With Separated Bus Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jul 26, 2013 | 24 Comments

Since Scott Stringer left the mayoral field for the comptroller race, the mayoral candidates haven’t spoken much about the Triboro RX, a plan to bring circumferential rail service to Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx using existing tracks and rights of way. But they have spoken highly, if not very specifically, of Bus Rapid Transit. And […]

StreetsPAC Is Sending Out Its Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

StreetsPAC has released its mayoral candidate questionnaire. The 10-page questionnaire is characteristically thorough. Among other topics, any candidate who submits a complete response will be on the record concerning safe streets policies, expanding the city’s bike lane network, road pricing, parking reform, car-free parks, transit expansion, bike-share and, yes, the Prospect Park West bike lane. […]

Vacca Staffer, Running for Council, Bucks His Boss on Complete Streets

By Stephen Miller | Jul 23, 2013 | 8 Comments

In a City Council district in the heart of the Bronx, where the overwhelming majority of households are car-free, an aide to Council Member James Vacca distinguished himself last night by vocally supporting congestion pricing, on-street parking reform, and protected bike lanes. The District 15 seat, representing Bathgate, Belmont, Crotona, Fordham, East Tremont, Van Nest, […]

Council Candidates at Fort Greene Forum Agree: Don’t Touch Parking

By Stephen Miller | Jul 19, 2013 | 33 Comments

If you were hoping for inspiring leadership from the City Council on transportation issues after the next election, you may want to look somewhere other than District 35, which covers the neighborhoods just east of downtown Brooklyn. Two-thirds of households in the district are car-free, according to the 2000 Census. But while most candidates supported traffic calming […]

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