Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

The City Council Vote in Two Dimensions

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2008 | 19 Comments

This map depicting Monday’s City Council vote comes to us courtesy of Justin Kray at the Pratt Center for Community Development. You can use the City Council website to identify who represents which district. And here’s some good data to go along with the map: car commute rates for every district. Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn […]

On Potato Omelets and Winter Cycling

By Alex Marshall | Mar 18, 2008 | 36 Comments

A Spanish tortilla, unlike the Mexican version, is essentially a potato omelet. You fry some diced-up onions and potatoes in oil, and then pour in some beaten egg. Flip it over, and voila, you have a tasty, round golden thing to cut into slices and eat. Back when I was living in Spain some 25 […]

Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents

By Ben Fried | Mar 7, 2008 | 25 Comments

A rendering in section of NYU’s proposal for a pedestrian-only Washington Place, between Washington Square Park and Broadway. Earlier this week, Community Board 2 in Greenwich Village held a public meeting to get feedback on NYU’s proposal to pedestrianize Washington Place, part of a larger plan to improve public space in the school’s core campus. […]

2008: Year of the Bicycle?

By Jason Varone | Mar 3, 2008 | 8 Comments

Ahead of this week’s National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, syndicated columnist Neal Peirce wonders if 2008 will be "bicycling’s best year since the start of the auto age." He writes about developments promoting the bicycle as a legitimate form of transportation around the world, many of which have been featured right here on Streetsblog: […]

Driver-Nannies Keep Kids and Parents Safe From Transit

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2008 | 33 Comments

Here’s one for the anti-pricing populists. Scared of or repulsed by public transportation, too impatient to wait for a cab, and burdened with excess cash, more well-to-do parents are enlisting driver-cum-nannies to ferry the kids to school and soccer practice, according to a recent article in the Observer. Say hello to the "Dranny." Jill […]

Assemblyman Hevesi Slams Pricing as Transit “Money Grab”

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2008 | 22 Comments

At a Queens Community Board 5 meeting earlier this month, Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi made what may be the first attack against congestion pricing based on one of its primary selling points. The Times Ledger reports: At the meeting, state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan, which would charge […]

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