Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

You Can be a Streetsblog Contributor Too

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

This photo comes to us from Bicyclesonly who is uploading photos (of, you guessed it, bicycles only) to Flickr and tagging them "streetsblog." By tagging your photos as such, they will automatically pop up on our newly revamped "Contribute to Streetsblog" page over there in the upper left corner of the screen. You can upload […]

Cabbie Mistakes East River Park Bike Path for Highway

By Jason Varone | Oct 18, 2007 | 19 Comments

The marker to the south is where the speeding taxi passed the cyclist. The marker to the north is where the cyclist gave up trying to chase after him. A tipster sends along this story from the East River Park bike path… Yesterday around 6:15PM, my friend and I were biking home from work through […]

Caption Contest: MTA Public Outreach Strategy

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 11, 2007 | 25 Comments

The MTA invites members of the public to a hearing on proposed fare changes. Who is going to come up with the best caption for this photo?

Is Transportation Reform Possible When the Cops Don’t Care?

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 10, 2007 | 28 Comments

A reliable Streetsblog tipster sends along this photo of a police cruiser parked in the Department of Transportation’s new Ninth Avenue bike facility. The police officer seen getting into the car was returning from a nearby deli with what appeared to be lunch for him and his partner. Again, as we pointed out yesterday, the […]

Eyes on the Street: 34th Precinct Leads by Example

By Brad Aaron | Sep 28, 2007 | 13 Comments

As seen outside Wednesday’s 34th Precinct Community Council meeting. The driver of this livery cab stopped on Broadway, backed 90 degrees into the crosswalk, drove forward (about halfway across the crosswalk) to straighten out, then backed up again, taking up a good share of the disabled access curb ramp in the process. Then he and […]

Eyes on the Street: Inside the Stadium

By Aaron Donovan | Sep 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

Here are snapshots of the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium last Sunday. (The Yanks beat Toronto, 7-5.) Despite the perceived parking hardship, average attendance at the stadium has been 52,739 this season, an all-time record. Naturally, this casts further doubt on the need for all those (all together now) publicly funded parking spaces — a project that has already caused actual […]

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