Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

A Fresh Look at American Sprawl

By Noah Kazis | Mar 8, 2010 | 27 Comments

There’s only one Concrete, WA, but concrete and asphalt are the welcome mats for towns across America. Image: Gord McKenna/Flickr. American advocates for livable streets know that our addiction to the automobile is almost without peer. We know that we’ve given our land to driving lanes and parking lots and our air to exhaust fumes. […]

Streetfilms: London’s Campaign for People-First Public Spaces

By Ben Fried | Apr 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

In 2002, then-mayor of London Ken Livingstone launched the 100 Public Spaces Programme, a campaign to better realize the potential of the city’s public realm. With guidance from Jan Gehl, the initiative emphasized reclaiming space for pedestrians and enhancing street life. Soon after Boris Johnson defeated Livingstone in last year’s election, the new mayor shook […]

Wiki Wednesday: The Transformation of Trafalgar Square

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

There’s no place quite like Times Square, and no exact precedent for the reclamation of street space along Broadway that Mayor Bloomberg and NYCDOT unveiled last week. But London’s pedestrian improvements to Trafalgar Square certainly invite comparison. DianaD describes those changes in this week’s StreetsWiki entry: Because it formed the intersection of some of London’s […]

Britain: Where Politicians Love to Pedal

By Ben Fried | Jul 25, 2008 | 12 Comments

The Times’ Lede blog reported yesterday that Tory chief David Cameron had his bike nicked while he ducked in to a store to buy some groceries: Someone swiped the bike of the British opposition leader, David Cameron, who happens to be a national advocate for parking that gas-guzzling automobile and pedaling instead. Mr. Cameron, the […]

New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee […]

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