Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYCEDC

Next American City Invites You to Their Spring Party, Thursday

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 2, 2009 | 6 Comments

The good people over at Next American City have extended an invitation to Streetsblog readers to the launch party for their Spring issue this coming Thursday. Seth Pinsky from the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be their guest of honor. It might be a great opportunity to ask him why his agency so […]

Gehl-O-Rama: City Agencies Take Lessons From Copenhagen

By Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

After evaluating downtown streets, city staff reported their findings on public life. Photo: Shin-pei Tsay. Before hitting the "World Class Streets" launch Thursday night, Jan Gehl addressed about 70 staffers from DOT, City Planning, and NYCEDC, part of a day-long exercise that introduced participants to the Danish planner’s site evaluation methods. Commissioners Amanda Burden and […]

The Tease Is Over: Greenway Link Delivers Delayed Gratification

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 14 Comments

We received two reports last night that the West Harlem Piers bike path — a critical link in the Hudson River Greenway — is finally open after several months of puzzling delay. (NYCEDC informed Streetsblog last week that the hold up was indeed due to problems securing materials for a safety rail.) Now the construction […]

A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets

By Ben Fried | Aug 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

"Streets to Live By" marshals data from several cities to make the case for investing in livable streets in New York. Today Transportation Alternatives released "Streets to Live By" [PDF], the report previewed last week in the Observer. It seeks to define what makes a street livable and to synthesize a broad range of data, […]

A Year After Eric Ng’s Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 4, 2008 | 42 Comments

This piece was written by Transportation Alternatives: On December 1, 2006, Eric Ng was riding his bike up the Hudson River Greenway. He was on his way to meet friends. He never made it, because a drunk driver named Eugenio Cidron took his life. After leaving a party at Chelsea Piers, Cidron got behind the […]

30 Firms Submit Proposals for NYC’s Congestion Pricing System

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2007 | 11 Comments

In response to its "Request for Expressions of Interest," the New York City Economic Development Corporation has received proposals from 30 companies interested in implementing New York City’s congestion pricing pilot project. "This large number and quality of responses clearly indicates that the market place believes that the implementation of the City’s congestion pricing plan […]

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