Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Op/Ed

As He Likes It: Weprin, and His Car, in the Park

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2007 | 12 Comments

From a Streetsblog tipster: Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all get the City Council treatment? Last night, NYC Councilmember David Weprin made an appearance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park to let the public know that he helped direct taxpayer dollars to support Shakespeare in the Park. But unlike the hundreds of […]

One’s Inner SUV Driver

By Alex Marshall | Jul 3, 2007 | 25 Comments

This is the third essay from Alex Marshall, who has written extensively on transportation issues as a journalist and author. He is a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association, where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. "All SUV drivers are assholes," I’ve frequently found myself thinking as I face the […]

The Quick and Easy First Step to a “Greater, Greener New York”

By John Kaehny | May 15, 2007 | 14 Comments

On Earth Day Mayor Mike Bloomberg placed transportation and environmental issues at the top of New York City’s political agenda. He took a major step towards changing the conventional wisdom that traffic congestion is a sign of the city’s vibrancy and economic health. And he joined the list of forward-thinking global mayors like London’s […]

PlaNYC Quietly Introduces “Safe Routes to Transit”

By John Kaehny | May 11, 2007 | 3 Comments

As New Yorkers well know, sidewalks around subway stops and major transit hubs are often intensely crowded. Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC team is aware of this and buried on page 48 of the Technical Report supplementing PlaNYC’s transportation recommendations is a new program called "Safe Routes to Transit" (SR2T). While the attention to pedestrian issues […]

Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2007 | 14 Comments

When the Supreme Court held this week that the Environmental Protection Agency does, in fact, possess the latitude to protect the environment, the New York Times called it "a victory for a world whose environment seems increasingly threatened by climate change." "It is a vindication for states like California that chose not to wait for […]

Theodore Kheel: My Proposal to Robert Moses

By Ethan Kent | Apr 2, 2007 | 6 Comments

Theodore Kheel (pictured right), has been called by The New York Times "the most influential peacemaker in New York City in the last half-century" in light of the fact that he has participated in the resolution of more than 30,000 labor disputes. Kheel has founded several related foundations devoted to resolving the conflict between the […]

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