NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions
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Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Promoted
THE BRAKE: Are Would-Be Planners and Engineers on Board With Transportation Reform?
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It's Streetsblog USA's weekly podcast! Let's talk about whether planning and engineering students agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like.
ANALYSIS: So Should We All Be Deflating Our Neighbors’ SUV Tires?
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Secretive activists are deflating SUV tires to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and it's prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.
UPDATED: Anti-SUV Activists Claim ‘Strike’ on Upper East Side
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Pffft, there goes car culture.
‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support
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Boosters of the program say its unraveling is predictable, given the city provides few resources to participants and requires them to run their school streets themselves.
ROE OVERTURNED: Transportation Will Now Play an Even Greater Role in Health Care
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Friday's rollback of the once-constitutionally protected procedure will only raise the already high hurdle to abortion care countless U.S. residents, advocates say.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
Advocates Decry Biden's ‘Gas Tax Holiday’
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.
DR: STRANGECAR: Or How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Hate E-Cars
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If you think electric cars are going to change all the problems of cars, well, I've got a bridge I really wish I could sell you.
Horrifying Crash Renews Business Groups’ Calls for a Pedestrian-Safe Broadway
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If they build it, you won't die.
MTA CEO Puts it in Blunt Terms: ‘Without Congestion Pricing, Forget 2nd Ave. Subway, E-Buses or ADA Work’
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"If" congestion pricing doesn't happen, the entire region loses out, Janno Lieber reminded on Wednesday.
CRASH IN FLATIRON: Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes 40% Higher Than Previously Thought
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U.S. drivers ram their cars into buildings about 100 times every single day, according to revised new estimates – and while that's 40 more daily collisions than previously thought, some experts suspect it may still be an undercount.