Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Interviews

Talking Planning, Diversity, and Cycling With the Women Behind Velo City

By Ben Fried | Jun 29, 2010 | 7 Comments

Naomi Doerner, Samelys Lopez, and Karyn Williams are planners, New Yorkers, and cyclists who set out about a year ago to change their profession. Responding to the lack of diversity in the planning and design fields — and within the bicycling community — the three of them formed the non-profit Velo City last September. Their […]

Q&A With Sam Hoyt: Why New York State Needs a Smart Growth Law

By Noah Kazis | Jun 9, 2010 | 9 Comments

State spending on infrastructure to support exurban McMansions drains people and resources from urban centers — and costs taxpayers a bundle. Photo: highflyingknight12/Flickr With Albany’s legislative session drawing to a close, the state legislature is considering several initiatives to promote sustainable transportation and livable communities in New York state. One of those initiatives is the […]

Talking Transit With City Council Transportation Chair Jimmy Vacca

By Ben Fried | May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Jimmy Vacca at last week’s City Council hearing on Intro 120. Photo: Noah Kazis The last two years have been full of dismal news for transit riders in New York City. Revenue streams for transit have nosedived during the recession, with Albany plundering dedicated MTA taxes for good measure. The payroll tax state legislators passed […]

Q&A With City Council Transportation Chair Jimmy Vacca

By Ben Fried | May 4, 2010 | 6 Comments

This January, Bronx City Council Member Jimmy Vacca took over the transportation committee from outgoing chair John Liu. Vacca sketches out a street in his district where speeding is a problem. Photo: Noah Kazis Vacca represents an eastern Bronx district where car ownership is higher than the New York City average, and he’s come in […]

Streetsblog Q&A With TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen

By Ben Fried | Apr 28, 2010 | 16 Comments

Last December, John Samuelsen was elected president of TWU Local 100, the union that represents 38,000 subway and bus workers in the New York City region. He assumed the leadership from former president Roger Toussaint at a troubled time for the transit system. With transit tax revenues in free fall and state lawmakers raiding MTA […]

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Streetfilms: Tom Vanderbilt Talks Driver Behavior and Psychology

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 27, 2010 | No Comments

Whether you’re a transportation geek or just curious about why people do the things they do behind the wheel, Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic is one of the most fascinating books you can open up. Tom, who also writes the excellent blog How We Drive, was kind enough to drop by the Streetfilms office for a conversation about […]

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